Malachi Thompson

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
192
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Nitro, W.Va.
High School:
Nitro

Played wide receiver for coach Boom McKinney at Nitro High … won the Randy Moss Award as a junior in 2024, given annually to the top high school receiver in the state, as voted on by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association … helped Nitro to a 10-2 record in 2024 … earned All-State First Team as a junior … named to 2024 All-Kanawha Valley team and All-Cardinal Conference team … Nitro is 12-1 and has advanced to the championship of the Class AAA playoffs … for his career, he has played in 35 games, has 214 catches for 4,537 yards, averaging 21.2 yards per catch and scored 66 touchdowns … as a senior, he has 55 receptions for 1,214 yards (22.1 ypr) and 18 touchdowns … has had three career games with more than 200 receiving yards, including a career-best 266 receiving yards on six catches with five touchdowns against North Marion this year in the Class AAA playoff quarterfinals … He had five games with more than 100 yards … finished with 132 yards on five catches and a touchdown against Hedgesville … finished with 145 yards on five catches and two touchdowns against Winfield … his 1,214 yards rank No. 3 in West Virginia and his touchdowns ranked No. 18 … as a junior, led the state of West Virginia in receiving yards with 1,593 yards in 74 catches and 18 touchdowns … as a sophomore in 2023, Thompson had 57 catches for 1,264 yards and 20 touchdown receptions … before he transferred to Nitro High in 2023, he spent his freshman year at Sissonville High in 2022, where he had 28 receptions for 466 yards and 10 touchdowns … three-star prospect according to ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals … ESPN lists him as the No. 211 wide receiver and the No. 3 player in the state of West Virginia … 247Sports puts him in as the No. 309 wide receiver and the No. 4 player in the state of West Virginia … Rivals ranks him as the No. 235 wide receiver and the No. 3 player in the state of West Virginia … also had offers from Marshall, Eastern Kentucky, Toledo, Ohio, Temple, Kent State, Akron and Miami, Ohio.