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2015-2017Texas
Malik Jefferson
LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Mesquite, TX, USA
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Malik Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
91
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
97
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Malik Jefferson built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Mesquite, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Malik Jefferson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 78
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Malik Jefferson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas. Malik Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.3 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Malik Jefferson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 169
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Poteet · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Chaparral · 22 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 3 · Pick 14 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 110 tackles · LB 28th (top 3%) · Big 12 4th (top 1%) · National 35th (top 1%)
Malik Jefferson played LB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malik Jefferson recorded 169 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas.
Recognition
Honors
- 20172017 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionfirst
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