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Malachi Fields - 2026 NFL Draft Profile & Comparisons

Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden

Underdog Fantasy

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.8791 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Malachi Fields Highlights – 2026 NFL DRAFT Josh and Hayden break down Malachi Fields out of Notre Dame and what his role could look like at the next level. Can he be more than a “sacrificial X” wide receiver in the NFL? We dive into his strengths, weaknesses, usage, and favorite NFL comps. Underdog Fantasy SIGN UP HERE: Play 5, get 50 → https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-underedog-football-show Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for select games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org. NY: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369). 📲 Follow the Show IG: https://www.instagram.com/udfootballshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@underdogfootballshow Twitter/X: https://x.com/UDFootballShow 🎧 Subscribe to the Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-underdog-football-show/id1558961587 💬 Join the Discord (Giveaways + Promos)https://discord.gg/underdog 📝 Hayden’s Updated NFL Team Needshttps://underdognetwork.com/football/nfl-draft/2026-nfl-draft-team-needs-after-free-agency 0:00 Malachi Fields Prospect Profile – 2026 NFL Draft0:30 Strengths & Weaknesses4:15 Role in the NFL6:30 NFL Comparisons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Notre Dame wide receiver Malachi Fields.

0:14.0

He's the biggest wide receiver in the draft at over 6-4-218 pounds.

0:18.3

You can find him on the sideline on giving these big back shoulder balls,

0:21.6

not very much down the field, but kind of in that 10 to 20 yard window. That's where Malachi

0:26.3

Fields says most of his damage. A couple of routes that I love the most, this third and five stop

0:31.3

route versus Boise State. He shrugged off the cornerback at the sticks, violent hands catch.

0:36.9

I think that was a common theme for him too, plucking these passes away from his face mask.

0:43.0

And then, you know, a deep post versus Purdue, 66 yards.

0:47.0

Now, that one stood out to me because I watched a handful of games before that against the Miami Hurricanes and then other ones against, you know, Boise State and all these guys.

0:58.7

And they were in his hip pocket constantly.

1:00.9

And so, Hey, and I think this is like a very defined wide receiver that he's going to line up on the outside.

1:06.5

He's going to be an X and he's going to be a contested catch threat.

1:10.2

Is that exactly what you saw here too? Yeah. you see the straight line speed for 4-6, 140-yard dash and you just see that on tape. What he does when he's working downfield is he does this kind of like stutter and go move because I think some of his best moments are when he slams the brakes on curl routes, which is what you reference on the first clip of the show.

1:30.0

And then he'll use that to actually work downfield.

1:32.7

So you'll see that on occasion.

1:33.8

And then sometimes those end up being back shoulder balls.

1:37.1

But he's just going to be massively just advantage-wise over the corners that he's going

1:43.0

to be up against because he's 218 pounds.

1:45.3

So he's not even skinny.

1:46.4

He's just like a legit big guy.

1:48.4

He did not have crazy production, 52 yards per game across all three seasons, but only 32

1:55.1

receptions in 12 games as a red shirt senior.

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