Malachi Corley is having a Jets rookie season to forget

This is not what Malachi Corley envisioned for his rookie season.

Not even close.

The Jets receiver, whom they drafted in the third round, was honest about his rough first year in the NFL.

He certainly didn’t see it coming, and is still processing what has gone wrong to bring him to this unwanted spot in near-forgotten territory.

“It doesn’t make anyone happy, that’s it,” Corley told The Post after practice Thursday. “As a rookie, you pay your dues. You get your opportunities, you capitalize on them when you get them. It’s all about staying down, keeping your head down, chopping wood and carrying water, just trying to get better through the process, learn as much as you can.”

Corley was inactive for the Jets’ 32-26 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday in Miami.

It marked the fourth time this year Corley was inactive for a game despite being healthy.

He was inactive from Weeks 5-7, and in the Jets’ Week 4 loss to the Broncos, Corley did not play a single snap despite being active.

That Corley was a healthy scratch last game is particularly notable.

He had just played a season-high 60 percent of the team’s offensive snaps during the Jets’ Week 12 loss to the Seahawks.

But he failed to capitalize and did not record any catches on just one target.

Corley had one rush for 8 yards.

Allen Lazard was activated off injured reserve and returned for Sunday’s loss after missing the previous five games.

Davante Adams, Garrett Wilson and Lazard all being healthy leaves little room for Corley, and the Jets have usually opted to keep Irv Charles and Xavier Gipson — who are far more adept at special teams than Corley — active on game days as receiver depth, if needed.

But Charles is now out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, potentially opening the door to another opportunity for Corley to suit up.

“Honestly, it all works out in God’s time,” Corley said. “You’re in certain positions for certain reasons and there are seasons of your life that happen. And you have to learn as much as you can through them. This is an unfamiliar position for myself. I just do whatever I can do to help the team win, whether it’s like today, playing scout team running back, being ready to play nickel [cornerback] if I have to, taking run-block reps, whatever it may be.”

For the season, Corley has just three catches for 16 yards and two carries for 26 yards and has played just 83 total snaps on offense.

He was drafted as a promising playmaker with the ball in his hands but has been relegated to the scout team in practice.

“I can’t let exterior circumstances predicate how I go about my business,” Corley said. “Just staying ready for when my opportunity comes. Proper preparation prevents poor performance. Just every day attacking it like I am the guy, like I am the starter.”

Corley’s most memorable moment this season was a brutal gaffe.

During the team’s Week 9 win over the Texans, Corley thought he had scored on a 19-yard end-around rush, but he dropped the ball just before the end zone while prematurely celebrating.

The ball rolled out of the end zone for a touchback and Corley subsequently became the butt of relentless ridicule.

Corley has had almost no reason to take optimism from what appears headed for a lost Year 1.

“I am who I say I am,” Corley said. “My confidence level is 100 percent that whenever I get my opportunities, I will thrive in them. Just putting in the work now so hopefully next year I’ll have a bigger role and bigger opportunity.”