Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018USC
Malik Dorton
DL • 6'2" • 280 lbs • Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Dorton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Malik Dorton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Malik Dorton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Malik Dorton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · USC. Malik Dorton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Malik Dorton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · DL
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. John Bosco · USC
- High school pipeline
- St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 221st (top 28%) · Pac-12 150th (top 29%) · National 1,650th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 24.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 14 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 14 | 24 | 3.5 | 2.5 | - | 5 | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40.6 |
Related Context
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Malik Dorton played DL for USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malik Dorton recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
USC paired 12 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · USC
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
17.9
Usage
3.8
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 2. Stanford: 1. Texas: 0. Washington State: 2. Arizona: 0. Colorado: 1. Utah: 1. Arizona State: 0. UCLA: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 4 by 36.7. Stanford: 1 by 14.2. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Washington State: 1 by 24.2. Arizona: 4 by 16.7. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. Utah: 3 by 22.5. Arizona State: 5 by 20.8. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs UNLV
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/25 | vs Notre Dame | L 17-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ UCLA | L 27-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Arizona State | L 35-38 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/21 | @ Utah | L 28-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/14 | vs Colorado | W 31-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/30 | @ Arizona | W 24-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 39-36 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/16 | @ Texas | L 14-37 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Stanford | L 3-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs UNLVSplash game | W 43-21 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Malik Dorton story
Malik Dorton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Los Angeles, CA wearing No. 44, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Malik Dorton's career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Malik Dorton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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USC
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 3.5 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 12 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 8.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 7.5 | 17.9 | 3.8 | -4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 1 · W 43-21
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#2
vs UCLA
Week 12 · W 28-23 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 6 · W 21-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona
Week 10 · W 49-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Washington State
Week 4 · W 39-36 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · USC
12 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage
41.8
#2
2017 Regular Season · USC
41.8
12 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · USC
40.6
7.5 primary · 17.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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