Malachi Hosley

Penn (2023-24):One of the nation’s top NCAA Division I FCS players over his two seasons at Penn … 2024 Ivy League Player of the Year (Penn’s 11th all-time) and Offensive Player of the Year (Penn’s first since the award was established in 2011) … Finalist for 2024 Walter Payton Award, which honors the nation’s best FCS player … Named third-team all-America as a sophomore in 2024 … 2023 Ivy League Rookie of the Year (Penn’s first since 1993)… Finalist for 2024 Jerry Rice Award, which honors the nation’s best FCS freshman … Named freshman all-America in 2023 … Two-time first-team all-Ivy League (2023 and 2024) … Totaled 2,250 yards from scrimmage (1,915 rushing, 335 receiving) and 17 touchdowns (16 rushing, one receiving) in two seasons at Penn … Averaged 100.8 rushing yards per game and 6.1 yards per carry over 19 games with the Quakers … Rushed for 1,192 yards on 191 carries (6.2 avg.), and caught 12 passes for 89 yards as a sophomore in 2024 … Led the Ivy League in rushing yards, carries, touchdowns, yards per carry and yards per game (119.2) … Was the only 1,000-yard rusher in the Ivy League (whose members play just 10 games) … Ranked fourth nationally in FCS in rushing yards per game … 1,192 rushing yards were the eighth-most in Penn history and the most by a Quaker since 2003 … Ran for at least 100 yards seven times in 10 games … Ran for 176 yards in season opener at Delaware … Had a season-high 192 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 67-49 win at Cornell … Ran 121 times for 723 yards (6.0 ypc) and seven touchdowns, and caught 22 passes for 246 yards and a score in nine games as a freshman in 2023 … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week five times in nine games … 723 rushing yards were good for second in the Ivy League … Ran 21 times for 261 yards – the third-most in Penn history – and scored two touchdowns against Cornell … 96-yard touchdown run against Cornell was the longest offensive play in Penn history … Finished freshman season with three-consecutive 100-yard rushing games, which combined with his sophomore season, gave him 10 100-yard games in his final 13 contests with the Quakers. High School:Was rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals coming out of Northside H.S. in Columbus, Ga. … Named Georgia 5A State Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year and first-team all-state and all-region as a senior in 2022 … Rushed for 4,346 yards (8.2 ypc) and 50 touchdowns over four high school seasons, including 2,152 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior in 2022 (both school records) and 1,213 yards (which was a school record until he broke it the next season) and 17 touchdowns as a junior in 2021 … Also caught 37 passes for 538 yards and four TD during prep career … Helped lead team to 10-2 record and state playoff appearance as a senior in 2022 … Coached by Andrew Oropeza … Was also an all-region performer in basketball … Three-time Northside Sprinter of the Year in track. Personal:Majoring in literature, media and communication.