Player Dossier

2015-2018

San José State

Malike Roberson

RB • 5'8" • 187 lbs • Harbor City, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Malike Roberson leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

42

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Malike Roberson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Malike Roberson's career was his...

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Malike Roberson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · San José State. Malike Roberson leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,597
Rushing yards
1,146
Receiving yards
451
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Malike Roberson quick answers

Latest team and position
San José State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,597
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 40 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · San José State
Top game
Boise State
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2018 Scrimmage yards rank
418 scrimmage yards · RB 245th (top 36%) · Mountain West 51st (top 20%) · National 598th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSan José State61629270036
2016 Regular SeasonSan José State11610508102357.4
2017 Regular SeasonSan José State1240734760154.5
2018 Regular SeasonSan José State11418199219551.6

Related Context

Malike Roberson played RB for San José State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malike Roberson recorded 1,146 rushing yards, 451 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

San José State paired 610 primary output with 47.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 41.6 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 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · San José State

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

38

Efficiency

41.6

Usage

15.5

Consistency

52.1

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. UC Davis: 42. Washington State: 30. Oregon: 63. Hawai'i: 69. Colorado State: 24. Army: 14. San Diego State: 8. UNLV: 72. Utah State: -2. Nevada: 26. Fresno State: 72

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. UC Davis: 2 by 62.5. Washington State: 14 by 26.1. Oregon: 19 by 23.6. Hawai'i: 19 by 33.5. Colorado State: 4 by 75. Army: 4 by 14.6. San Diego State: 5 by 16.7. UNLV: 8 by 87.5. Utah State: 4 by 18.8. Nevada: 4 by 49. Fresno State: 4 by 50

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins72 · Games = 1 · +37.4 vs Losses
Losses34.6 · Games = 10 · -37.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs UNLV

Result
Sun 11/25@ Fresno StateL 13-312-2-1027418
Sat 11/17vs NevadaL 12-21273.5002196.5
Sat 11/10@ Utah StateL 24-6213303-5-0.5
Sat 10/27vs UNLVW 50-3766310.500299
Sun 10/21@ San Diego StateL 13-16581.6011.6
Sat 10/13vs ArmyL 3-523-4-1.3001183.5
Sun 10/7vs Colorado StateL 30-422178.500276
Sat 9/29vs Hawai'i2+ TDL 41-4416472.9013223.6
Sat 9/15@ OregonL 22-3516251.6013383.3
Sun 9/9@ Washington StateL 0-3112332.8002-32.1
Fri 8/31vs UC DavisL 38-44122014021

Player Story

Malike Roberson story

Malike Roberson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a running back from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Malike Roberson's career was his backfield work: 1,146 rushing yards, 276 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 451 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His career also includes 451 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 53 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Malike Roberson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San José State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSan José State16247.68.1
2016 Regular SeasonSan José State61047.317.4448
2017 Regular SeasonSan José State40745.513.7-203
2018 Regular SeasonSan José State41841.615.511

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Boise State

Week 10 · L 31-45 · Conference game

Loss with 118 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

118

Scrimmage Yards

81 takeover

118 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.

#2

vs Nevada

Week 7 · W 14-10 · Conference game

153

Scrimmage Yards

80.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

153 scrimmage yards and 55.4 usage.

#3

vs San Diego State

Week 7 · L 7-30 · Conference game

80

Scrimmage Yards

79.8 takeover

Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

80 scrimmage yards and 14.6 usage.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 12 · L 14-42 · Conference game

72

Scrimmage Yards

77.4 takeover

Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#5

vs UNLV

Week 9 · W 50-37 · Conference game

72

Scrimmage Yards

74 takeover

Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

72 scrimmage yards and 12.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · San José State

610 primary output · 47.3 efficiency · 17.4 usage

57.4

#2

2017 Regular Season · San José State

54.5

407 primary · 45.5 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · San José State

51.6

418 primary · 41.6 efficiency · 15.5 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games