Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Miami
Malek Young
DB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malek Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
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Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Malek Young built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a defensive back from Ft. Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Malek Young's career was his defensive...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Malek Young, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami. Malek Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.1 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Miami · DB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Princeton
- High school pipeline
- Princeton · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 41 tackles · DB 220th (top 28%) · ACC 110th (top 19%) · National 955th (top 17%)
Malek Young played DB for Miami. Across 2 tracked seasons, Malek Young recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Miami.
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