Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Michigan State
Malik McDowell
DL • 6'6" • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Malik McDowell built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Malik McDowell's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 35
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
Malik McDowell, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Malik McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 1
Featured Highlight
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Malik McDowell Michigan State Highlights
2016 · Michigan State · Player Highlight
Malik McDowell college highlights at Michigan State.
- Season
- 2016
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Malik McDowell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Southfield · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Southfield · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 2 · Pick 3 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 128th (top 19%) · Big Ten 134th (top 22%) · National 1,259th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 42.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 9 | 34 | 7 | 1.5 | 5 | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Malik McDowell played DL for Michigan State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malik McDowell recorded 34 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 13.5 primary output with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
30.7
Usage
12.2
Consistency
62.4
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Furman: 2. Notre Dame: 0.5. Wisconsin: 1. Indiana: 0.5. BYU: 0. Northwestern: 3.5. Maryland: 2. Michigan: 2. Illinois: 2
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Furman: 3 by 32.5. Notre Dame: 4 by 21.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 14.2. Indiana: 5 by 25.8. BYU: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 11 by 80.8. Maryland: 5 by 40.8. Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Illinois: 0 by 20
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
80.8 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/5 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 27-31 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs MichiganSplash game | L 23-32 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ MarylandSplash game | L 17-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 40-54 | 11 | 7 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs BYU | L 14-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ Indiana | L 21-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Wisconsin | L 6-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Notre Dame | W 36-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs FurmanSplash game | W 28-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Malik McDowell story
Malik McDowell built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Detroit, MI wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Malik McDowell's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Malik McDowell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 13.5 | 30.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 7 · L 40-54 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Maryland
Week 8 · L 17-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.
#3
vs Furman
Week 1 · W 28-13
2
Havoc Plays
63.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Penn State
Week 13 · W 55-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 10 · L 27-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
13.5 primary output · 30.7 efficiency · 12.2 usage
73.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · Michigan State
42.5
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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