BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Football wide receiver Malachi Corley has been named the Reese's Senior Bowl Co-Offensive Player of the Week after his standout performance at Louisiana Tech on Thursday, the Senior Bowl announced Monday.
Corley recorded 207 receiving yards – with 142 coming after the catch, after leading the country in the category last season – and three touchdowns on eight receptions in WKU's 35-28 win over the Bulldogs at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana.
The 207 yards were a career high for the junior and marked the third 200-yard receiving game in program history. Corley's three touchdowns also tied a career high.
With his first catch of the game – a 70-yard touchdown reception – Corley claimed sole possession of second place on WKU's career receptions list. He now has 217 catches in his career. He also had touchdown receptions of 48 and 29 yards, and moved into third place on the program's career touchdown receptions list with 23.
Corley has 538 yards and five touchdowns on 37 receptions in five games played this season. He enters the week leading Conference USA in receptions per game with 7.4, receiving yards per game with 107.6 and touchdown receptions with five. Corley is second in CUSA in total receptions and total receiving yards this season, but has played at least one game fewer than the leader in each category.
The Reese's Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile the past 74 years. More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1,100 media members from around the country were credentialed last year. In each of the past three years, the Reese's Senior Bowl has had 100 or more players drafted and over 40 percent of the entire draft class, which are both record-setting figures for any all-star game.
This year's Reese's Senior Bowl will kick off at 12 p.m. CT at Hancock Whitney Stadium on Saturday, February 3, 2024, and will be televised live on the NFL Network. Game week festivities for the 75th Anniversary team will include a formal gala event on Friday evening and a halftime ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
WKU is 4-2 overall and 2-0 in CUSA this fall. The Hilltoppers are off this week, and will next face Jacksonville State on the road in Jacksonville, Alabama, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 6:30 p.m. CT.
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