Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Ball State
Malik Dunner
WR • 5'11" • 199 lbs • Carpentersville, IL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Malik Dunner reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Malik Dunner built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Carpentersville, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Malik Dunner's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Malik Dunner, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Ball State. Malik Dunner reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 411
- Receptions
- 48
- Touchdowns
- 23
Quick Answers
Malik Dunner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 411
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dundee-crown · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Dundee-crown · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 39 receiving yards · WR 795th (top 78%) · Mid-American 121st (top 68%) · National 1,332nd (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 5 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 38.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 18 | 139 | 10 | 42.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 21 | 195 | 5 | 54.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 12 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 19.1 |
Related Context
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Malik Dunner played WR for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malik Dunner recorded 1,071 rushing yards, 411 receiving yards, and 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Ball State paired 195 primary output with 51.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. 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 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
3.3
Efficiency
29.5
Usage
6.4
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Fordham: 0. Florida Atlantic: 32. NC State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0. Miami (OH): 7
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. Fordham: 1 by 0. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 71.1. Western Michigan: 1 by 0. Miami (OH): 1 by 46.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · -3.2 vs Losses
Losses4.6 · Games = 7 · +3.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
71.1 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Miami (OH) | W 41-27 | — | 1 | 7 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Kent State | L 38-41 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Central Michigan | L 44-45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wed 11/6 | @ Western Michigan | L 31-35 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Ohio | L 21-34 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Toledo | W 52-14 | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 29-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Northern Illinois | W 27-20 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ NC State | L 23-34 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 31-41 | — | 3 | 32 | 5.8 | 10.70 | 1 | 19 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Fordham | W 57-29 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Indiana | L 24-34 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Malik Dunner story
Malik Dunner built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Carpentersville, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Malik Dunner's career was his backfield work: 1,071 rushing yards, 174 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 411 receiving yards across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 411 receiving yards, 14 tackles, and 1,936 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.
The arc is straightforward: Malik Dunner moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 38 | 71.1 | 4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 139 | 42.9 | 8.7 | 101 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 195 | 51.2 | 9 | 56 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ball State | 39 | 29.5 | 6.4 | -156 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Central Michigan
Week 7 · W 24-23 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
55
Receiving Yards
85.5 takeover
55 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Western Kentucky
Week 4 · L 21-33
54
Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Central Connecticut
Week 1 · W 42-6
49
Receiving Yards
72.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
49 receiving yards with a 81.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 11 · L 41-48 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
70.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 3 · L 31-41
32
Receiving Yards
69.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Ball State
195 primary output · 51.2 efficiency · 9 usage
54.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · Ball State
42.9
139 primary · 42.9 efficiency · 8.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Ball State
38.6
38 primary · 71.1 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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