SIGNED ✍️
Staying home in the Hook … let us Officially Welcome Malachi Fields to the UVA Family!#GoHoos | #TheStandard21 🔶🔷 pic.twitter.com/mzwsccD8hL
— Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) December 16, 2020
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Malachi Fields
WR
Position
6'4''
Height
220 lbs.
Weight
Junior
Class
Keswick, Va.
Hometown
Monticello
High School
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AT VIRGINIA
2023 – Included on the preseason 2023 Comeback Player of the Year Award watch list….Caught four passes for a career-high 63 yards receiving against Tennessee… 2022 – Appeared in one game against Pitt … caught five passes and recorded first career touchdown against Pitt. 2021 – Appeared in 11 of UVA’s games and started against Duke… caught three passes for 60 yards in a win over Louisville… caught three passes for 35 yards against Wake Forest… caught two passes for 32 yards against Pitt … named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Played quarterback and cornerback at Monticello High School for head coach Jeff Lloyd … high school did not participate in football this fall … 2019 All-Jefferson District first-team honors at quarterback and kick returner … earned 2019 All-Region 3C honors at kick returner … in the return game he averaged 30 yards per touch and scored two touchdowns … named Falcon Club Player of the Week twice during his junior season … rushed for 700 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns in 2019 , while passing for 1,027 yards and four more scores … also participated in track & field … a three-star recruit by ESPN.com and 247sports.com … a two-star recruit by Rivals.com… major is undecided in UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the 2022-2023 Judge and Mrs. Harold H. Purcell Family Scholarship.