Malachi Fields NFL Draft Profile: Scouting Report, Stats, Highlights

A look at the Malachi Fields NFL Draft profile, including a scouting report, his college stats, highlights and a 2026 mock draft projection.

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Every season, many fans and fantasy football players fall in love with the big, athletic wide receiver. If that is your thing, let me introduce you to Malachi Fields out of Notre Dame. He’s an older receiver in this draft class, but he is also a specimen on the outside that can create some spectacular highlights.

Let’s take a look at our Malachi Fields NFL Draft profile, including his scouting report, college highlights, mock draft projection and more!

Malachi Fields NFL Draft Profile 2026

Malachi Fields
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 222 lbs
Age: 23
College: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Malachi Fields College Stats 2025

While the Malachi Fields’ college stats last season were not as impressive as his numbers at Virginia, there is no doubt that he was able to showcase his talent with the Fighting Irish. Here are his stats last season:

Games: 12
Receptions: 36
Receiving Yards: 630
Receiving TD: 5

Malachi Fields Highlights

When is the 2026 NFL Draft?

The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday, April 23, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The draft will take place in Pittsburgh, PA. It is a football city that will provide a great backdrop for the draft festivities, but everyone is crossing their fingers that the weather cooperates. Only Round 1 will take place on Thursday. Rounds 2-3 will take place on April 24th, with the remaining four rounds wrapping up on Sunday, April 25th. There will be 257 players selected across the seven rounds, with many more getting phone calls immediately afterward.

Malachi Fields Scouting Report

Strengths

Malachi Fields combines elite strength and size at the wide receiver position, making him a true X receiver. He is able to use his size to win contested catches, and he has quite the highlight reel, making circus catches as well. Smaller defenders struggle to bring him down, as he plays with a physicality that will expose some people. Playing on a run-heavy offense at Notre Dame, Fields has also shown the mentality to be a willing blocker.

Weaknesses

As we see with many big, athletic outside receivers, sometimes their coaches get a bit lazy in developing them. Fields needs work developing his route tree. His quickness is also below average. What I mean by that is that he will have a tough time creating separation in close quarters, and his acceleration off the snap isn’t at the level to blow by defenders quickly.

If you have followed draft coverage over the past several seasons, you know that wide receivers who struggle to separate in college really bother me. Less than half of college corners have any clue what they are doing, and everyone in the NFL is bigger, faster and stronger. If you cannot separate in college, it doesn’t get easier in the NFL.

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Malachi Fields NFL Draft Projection | Expert 2026 NFL Mock Draft Projections

After the first couple of tiers of prospects, it really begins to be what teams value most, and it really starts to differ. That is why prospects in this area could be projected with very different values. These Malachi Fields NFL Draft projections come from ESPN, Yahoo and NFL Network.

SOURCE	TEAM	RD	PK
ESPN	Commanders	3	71
Yahoo	49ers	2	58
NFL Network	Bears	2	60

2026 NFL Draft Order | First Round

While Malachi Fields is a talented player, he will not hear his name called on the first day of the draft. Still, here is the full first-round order for the 2026 NFL Draft!

1. Las Vegas Raiders
2. New York Jets
3. Arizona Cardinals
4. Tennessee Titans
5. New York Giants
6. Cleveland Browns
7. Washington Commanders
8. New Orleans Saints
9. Kansas City Chiefs
10. Cincinnati Bengals
11. Miami Dolphins
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Los Angeles Rams (via ATL)
14. Baltimore Ravens
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
16. New York Jets (via IND)
17. Detroit Lions
18. Minnesota Vikings
19. Carolina Panthers
20. Dallas Cowboys (via GB)
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
22. Los Angeles Chargers
23. Philadelphia Eagles
24. Cleveland Browns (via JAX)
25. Chicago Bears
26. Buffalo Bills
27. San Francisco 49ers
28. Houston Texans
29. Kansas City Chiefs (via LAR)
30. Miami Dolphins (via DEN)
31. New England Patriots
32. Seattle Seahawks