Who is the better FOOTBALL player: Malachi Toney or Jeremiah Smith?

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Who do you think is the all around better football player? Jeremiah Smith or Malachi Tony? This answer might surprise many. The answer is Malachi Tony. I want to be very clear about what I'm saying because the answer requires a lot of context here. Jeremiah Smith is without question the best wide receiver in college football. Full stop, right?

[00:00:23]Not one of the best, not a Biletnikoff candidate, he is the best. No one's going to deny the reality of that situation. I'm not saying he's better than Jeremiah Smith at playing wide receiver. He is not. Nobody in college football is better than Jeremiah Smith.

[00:00:38]But what I'm saying is that Malachi Tony is a different kind of football player entirely. That's because he has to be.

[00:00:45]He doesn't have Jeremiah Smith's size.

[00:00:47]He does not have Jeremiah Smith's physical dominance at the catch point.

[00:00:51]He's just 5'11" 188, and that 5'11" might be a touch generous. Jeremiah Smith is built like a weapon, right?

[00:00:57]Just unbelievably put together. Malachi Tony is built kind of like a problem, right? He's got to find a way. If you look back to his senior year of high school, he was American Heritage's starting quarterback when the starter actually had a season-ending injury in the state playoffs. Well, Tony steps in, throws for over 520 yards on 53 attempts as a high school starting quarterback, eight touchdowns against just one interception. He led American Heritage to the state championship and was named the Florida high school football player of the year. He decides to reclassify and enrolls early at Miami and immediately became the best player on a team that went all the way to the national championship game. So, when I say that Malachi Tony is a better all around football player, that's a full picture.