Malachi Riley holds the WR-Z · Starter spot in San José State Spartans’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Malachi Riley logged a 2.9% overall usage rate in 2025.

Malachi Riley is a 6'1", 168-pound wide receiver from Moreno Valley, California who transferred to San José State after two seasons at Arizona. Riley appeared in 11 games for the Wildcats in 2023, recording four receptions for 90 yards and a long of 40 yards. During an injury-shortened 2024 campaign, he appeared in three games and finished his Arizona tenure with five receptions for 97 yards across both seasons. Riley was named to the Athlon Sports Preseason Mountain West Fourth-Team Offense for 2026. In his first game at SJSU on August 29, he caught two passes for 10 yards before suffering a season-ending injury.

Arizonathrough 2024

San José State2025 — present