Heath (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday night's game against the Seahawks. With Romeo Doubs (concussion) back in the lineup, Heath is the odd man out in the Packers' wide receiver corps, as Bo Melton is up as the fifth wideout. Sunday marks the third time Heath is inactive this season. He has six catches for 41 yards and one touchdown on seven targets in 2024.
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ACTIVELatest Malik Heath news
Team
Green Bay Packers
Birthdate
3/3/2000 (24)
Status
Active
HT/WT
6'2", 213 lbs
Birthplace
Jackson, MS, USA
Position
WR
College
Ole Miss
Experience
2 seasons
Career History
Green Bay Packers
2023-Present
(2 seasons)
Heath (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday night's game against the Seahawks. With Romeo Doubs (concussion) back in the lineup, Heath is the odd man out in the Packers' wide receiver corps, as Bo Melton is up as the fifth wideout. Sunday marks the third time Heath is inactive this season. He has six catches for 41 yards and one touchdown on seven targets in 2024.
Heath was targeted twice and had two receptions for 15 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 38-10 victory over the 49ers. Heath capitalized on the lopsided score and the departure of Romeo Doubs (concussion) in the third quarter to record both his first reception since Week 5 and his first touchdown of the season. He will bump up the pecking order if Doubs is unable to play Thursday against the Dolphins, but even in that scenario he would be facing a stingy pass defense as the fifth option at his position.
Heath was targeted three times and had two receptions for 14 yards in Sunday's 24-19 victory over the Rams. The Packers were down a pair of receivers in Week 5, and the biggest beneficiary was Heath, who was credited with a start and played just as many snaps as fellow wideouts Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks. Heath will be behind both players as well as Christian Watson (ankle) and Romeo Doubs when are all available, but the snap distribution suggests he -- and not Bo Melton -- is the fifth option at his position on the depth chart.
Heath caught both his targets for 12 yards in Sunday's 31-29 loss to the Vikings. He stepped in after Christian Watson (ankle) left Sunday's contest, and Heath picked up his first two catches of the season. Watson seems likely to miss time with his injury, and if he does Heath and Bo Melton will both be candidates to play an expanded role behind the trio of Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks.
Heath (coach's decision) is inactive for Friday's Week 1 game in Brazil against the Eagles, Mike Spofford of the Packers' official site reports. Heath had a nice preseason that helped him make Green Bay's 53-man roster, but he won't play in the team's first game of the regular season. That leaves the Packers with five active receivers for the contest -- Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks and Bo Melton. Heath may need an injury to a wideout (or two) ahead of him in the pecking order to see regular offensive snaps during the campaign.
Heath caught four of five targets for 39 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's preseason finale versus the Ravens. Heath was one of several young wideouts to get promoted to the starting lineup in place of resting starters in Saturday's conclusion to exhibition play. The 24-year-old put a bow on a solid preseason as the team's leading receiver, giving him a legitimate shot to make Green Bay's roster or practice squad ahead of the regular season kicking off.
Heath was targeted four times and caught two passes for 22 yards in Saturday's preseason opener against the Browns. Heath did not draw a target until the second quarter of Saturday's contest, but he wound up playing 38 snaps -- the second most among Packers wideouts. Heath entered training camp as Green Bay's presumptive sixth option at the wide receiver spot, but he is being pushed for the spot by fellow sophomore Grant DuBose, who led the team in receiving Saturday.