Malik Washington

WR·

Miami Dolphins·#6·5'8"·194 lb·2nd year·Virginia

Tier 1Round 6, pick 184 in 2024

Updated November 4, 2026

70.3

Model Score

Down from 71.8 last year

Trade value ·a 5th

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Malik Washington has 31 catches, 329 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 7 games for the Miami Dolphins this season through Week 8, 10.5 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 1.5 from last season.

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

A slot depth receiver with a steady floor.

The case for

110-catch, 1,426-yard Virginia senior season is the highest single-season reception count in program history. Wk 18 2025's 11.8 PPR is the high point of his season.
Slot quickness plus the 6th-round value pick profile means roster spots are not at risk in the next two seasons.

The worry

Two straight tier 8 finishes (#103, #93) with no week above 11.8 PPR in his 2025 sample confirms the role is rotational WR4, not WR3.
Behind Tyreek Hill (if retained), Jaylen Waddle, and any 2026 additions, the path to a defined slot role is narrow. 5'8"/191 frame caps the contested-catch ceiling.

What to watch: Whether his 2026 target share clears 4 per game with the expected Tyreek Hill status resolution.

Full take and bio

Two straight tier 8 finishes (#103, #93) shows the typical 6th-round development arc: incremental improvement without a real breakthrough. The 2025 game log is genuinely consistent (eight straight games above 1.5 PPR with five above 7 PPR) but no week above 12 PPR. He is a defined slot WR4 piece, not a player establishing a meaningful target share. Tyreek Hill's injury situation plus Jaylen Waddle's role create the only path to expansion.

Washington came out of Virginia (after transferring from Northwestern) as Miami's 6th-round pick (184th overall) in 2024 after a senior season that produced 110 catches for 1,426 yards, the highest single-season reception count in Virginia history. At 5'8" and 191 pounds he profiles as a pure slot WR with quickness and contact balance rather than physical tools. The 2024 rookie season was effectively invisible (tier 8 #103), and 2025 produced a small step up to tier 8 #93 with steady rotational usage.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Diontae Johnson ’2281%Wayne Chrebet ’9775%

Sterling Shepard ’1972%

Kendall Wright ’1363%

Josh Downs ’2459%

Plays like: Sterling Sharpe, Michael Pittman, Mark Duper. Built like: Jarett Dillard, Sterling Shepard, Taywan Taylor. Coming out: Sterling Shepard, Kendall Wright, Michael Campanaro.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 5 starters, 10 backups, 5 didn't stick.

Malik Washington Props This Weekvs DET Sun Nov 8

Market	Line	Over	Under
Rushing yards	5.5	-115 Bovada	-115 Bovada
Receptions	4.5	+110 Bovada	-145 Bovada
Receiving yards	41.5	-115 Bovada	-115 Bovada
Anytime TD		+225 DraftKings

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Malik Washington Injury StatusNot listed

Malik Washington is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

Rec3125th

Rec Yds32936th

Rec TD137th

Targets4531st

Yds/Gm47.034th

Fantasy PPG10.533rd

EPA / target0.63351st

Avg separation3.4 yd9th

Avg cushion6.3 yd

YAC over exp0.821st

Catch %71.0%

10.5 fantasy points a game, 74 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.