Price Check · 2026 Week 1
Malachi Toney
WR · Sophomore · Miami
Est. NIL Valuation
$2,000,000
The NIL Standard's estimate of Malachi Toney's annual NIL value, as of September 7, 2026. An estimate, not a report of money paid.
Toney is one of three wide receivers at the top of our board. Week 1 backed the number: 12 catches for 234 yards, three touchdowns, and 54.7% of Miami's passing yards in a 45–6 win at Stanford.
Week 1
Miami beat Stanford 45–6 on the road at Stanford Stadium, September 4, 2026.
12
Receptions
234
Yards
3
Touchdowns
- By halftime
- 9 rec, 174 yds, 2 TD
- Longest reception
- 48 yds
Miami's first play from scrimmage was a 48-yard completion to him.
Share of the offense
How much of Miami's passing game went through one player.
- Receiving yards234 of 42854.7%
- Receptions12 of 3040.0%
- Receiving touchdowns3 of 560.0%
The touchdowns
- Q112:1223 yards — Mensah's first three passes as a Hurricane all went to Toney. The third was this one.
- Q13:042 yards — A second score inside the opening quarter, from two yards out.
- Q35:3147 yards — Split Stanford's cover two straight down the middle.
What it beat
Miami single-game receiving record
234 yards passed the 220 Eddie Brown put up in 1984, a program record that had stood for forty-two seasons.
Tied the program record for receiving touchdowns in a game
Three, all from Mensah, two of them inside the first quarter.
Career high, comfortably
His previous best was 146 yards. He had beaten it before halftime.
The season before
109
Receptions
1,211
Yards
10
Touchdowns
- His 109 receptions led the nation and set a Miami single-season record.
- His 1,211 receiving yards set a Miami single-season record, led the ACC, and ranked fifth nationally.
ACC Rookie of the YearACC Offensive Rookie of the Year
Who was throwing it
- Darian Mensah27/30, 401 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT
- Luke Nickel3/5, 27 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
Miami threw for 428 yards across 30 receptions and 5 touchdowns, out of 549 total yards.
The valuation, revisited
Toney entered Week 1 as one of three receivers at the top of our board. He left it with the most receiving yards in a game in Miami history, on 54.7% of his team's passing yards, 40% of its receptions, and 60% of its receiving touchdowns.
Our figures don't move in-season; every player is revalued once a full season of production is in. Nothing about this week argues the number is too high.
The valuation above is The NIL Standard's own estimate as of September 7, 2026; it is an editorial figure, not a reported contract and not a report of money paid. Game figures are operator-supplied and were checked against the official box score on September 7, 2026; they are reported figures, not estimates, and this database holds no game or box-score data of its own. Record-book and 2025 season figures were checked on September 9, 2026 against ESPN's game report and Miami's official athletics site. No target count or yards-after-catch figure is published here, because the official box score carries neither.