Usage Score
3.6
Player Dossier
2015-2019Tulane
Malik Lawal
LB • 6'1" • 228 lbs • Temecula, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Lawal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
14.2
Consistency
5.1
Season Value
7.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Arizona State • Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Malik Lawal, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona State. Malik Lawal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.2 disruption score.
Malik Lawal played LB for Arizona State and Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malik Lawal recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona State, Tulane.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Postseason · Tulane
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
14.2
Usage
3.6
Consistency
5.1
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. Florida International: 0. Auburn: 0. Unknown: 2. Houston: 0. Army: 0. UConn: 0. Memphis: 0. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 0. Temple: 0. UCF: 0. SMU: 0
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. Southern Miss: 3 by 22.5. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 2 by 28.3. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Army: 8 by 33.3. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 8 by 33.3. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Navy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/4 | vs Southern Miss | W 30-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ SMU | L 20-37 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UCF | L 31-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Temple | L 21-29 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Tulsa | W 38-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Navy | L 38-41 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Memphis | L 17-47 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs UConn | W 49-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Army | W 42-33 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/20 | vs Houston | W 38-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Unknown | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Auburn | L 6-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Florida International | W 42-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arizona State
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Tulane
2019
Final stop
Season Progression
2015201620172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Arizona State | 7 | 19.2 | 5.2 | 7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona State | 7 | 19.2 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Tulane | 3 | 14.2 | 3.6 | -4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tulane | 3 | 14.2 | 3.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Oregon State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
2
Primary metric
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.7 takeover score.
#3
Utah
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 30.1 takeover score.
#4
Southern Miss
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.6 takeover score.
#5
UTSA
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 19 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
35.9
#2
2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
35.2
0 primary · 4.7 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Arizona State
14.2
7 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2022 · Rating 0.8017
Camden · Camden, NJ
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
69
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 31 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.