Malachi Fields
22-Year-Old
2025 Receiving Stats
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2026 Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
The Giants traded up in the third round to draft Fields with the 74th overall pick, bringing in young competition for veteran wideouts Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin. At 6-foot-4, 220, the rookie out of Notre Dame offers something different from his new teammates, relying on size and strength rather than speed. Fields nonetheless averaged 15.0 yards per catch across his college career at Virginia and Notre Dame, with his volume decreasing (36 catches) and efficiency rising (17.5 YPC) after he joined the Fighting Irish in 2025. A 4.61 40 at the 2026 Combine may have hurt his draft stock, but it at least grades as acceptable relative to his size, and Fields showed well in other workouts -- namely the vertical jump (38 inches) and cone drill (6.98 seconds). In New York, he'll hope to eventually become the No. 2 receiver opposite Malik Nabers, who is currently rehabbing an ACL tear. Read Past Outlooks
Snagged by Giants
The Giants selected Fields in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft, 74th overall.
ANALYSIS
The Giants traded up with the Browns for the 74th pick in order to bring Fields into a wide receiver room that lost Wan'Dale Robinson to the Titans in free agency but features Malik Nabers (knee) and Darius Slayton. Fields spent the first four years of his college career with Virginia before transferring to Notre Dame in 2025, though he saw his production dip in his lone season with the Fighting Irish, finishing with 36 catches for 630 yards and five touchdowns across 12 games. Fields is a physical wideout with a 6-foot-4, 220-pound frame that he can use to his advantage against smaller corners, but he also displayed his speed with a 6.98-second three-cone time at the NFL Combine. He has the size and catch radius to serve as a competent WR2 for the Giants behind Nabers.
The Giants traded up with the Browns for the 74th pick in order to bring Fields into a wide receiver room that lost Wan'Dale Robinson to the Titans in free agency but features Malik Nabers (knee) and Darius Slayton. Fields spent the first four years of his college career with Virginia before transferring to Notre Dame in 2025, though he saw his production dip in his lone season with the Fighting Irish, finishing with 36 catches for 630 yards and five touchdowns across 12 games. Fields is a physical wideout with a 6-foot-4, 220-pound frame that he can use to his advantage against smaller corners, but he also displayed his speed with a 6.98-second three-cone time at the NFL Combine. He has the size and catch radius to serve as a competent WR2 for the Giants behind Nabers.
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Measurables Review
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How do Malachi Fields' measurables compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
* The Bench Press metric is from his Pro Day. All others are from the NFL Combine.
Height
6' 4"Weight
218 lbs40-Yard Dash
4.61 secShuttle Time
4.35 secCone Drill
6.98 secVertical Jump
38.0 inBroad Jump
124 inBench Press*
15 repsHand Length
9.00 inArm Length
32.13 in
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Goes 60th in Reuter's mock
Friday's four-round mock draft from Chad Reuter of NFL.com has Fields going 60th overall to the Bears.
ANALYSIS
Fields was once viewed as a potential first-round draft pick, but his draft stock has dropped after a lackluster showing at the NFL Scouting Combine, which included a slow 4.61-second 40-yard dash. Reuter has Fields lingering on the board until late in the second round. The 6-foot-5 wide receiver had 630 receiving yards and five touchdowns at Notre Dame in 2025 after exceeding 800 receiving yards in each of the preceding two years at Virginia.
Fields was once viewed as a potential first-round draft pick, but his draft stock has dropped after a lackluster showing at the NFL Scouting Combine, which included a slow 4.61-second 40-yard dash. Reuter has Fields lingering on the board until late in the second round. The 6-foot-5 wide receiver had 630 receiving yards and five touchdowns at Notre Dame in 2025 after exceeding 800 receiving yards in each of the preceding two years at Virginia.