Player Dossier

2016-2019

Ohio State

Malik Harrison

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malik Harrison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Malik Harrison built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 39, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Malik Harrison's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8558

Brother Rice · Bloomfield Hills, MI

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 34
Overall
No. 98
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Malik Harrison, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Ohio State. Malik Harrison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
206
TFL
29
Sacks
10
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Malik Harrison quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · LB
Career Tackles
206
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Ohio State
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
3-star · Brother Rice
High school pipeline
Brother Rice · 23 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 3 · Pick 34 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 39 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
75 tackles · LB 163rd (top 13%) · Big Ten 26th (top 5%) · National 243rd (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State51311--014
2017 PostseasonOhio State1260.50.5--019.5
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State12312.51.5-1019.5
2018 PostseasonOhio State127-0-1067.9
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State12748.52.533067.9
2019 PostseasonOhio State1460.50--073
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State1469164.514073

Related Context

Malik Harrison played LB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malik Harrison recorded 206 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Ohio State paired 26 primary output with 40.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2019 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

40.9

Usage

10.1

Consistency

66.6

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 3. Cincinnati: 3. Indiana: 2.5. Miami (OH): 1. Nebraska: 2. Michigan State: 1. Northwestern: 1.5. Wisconsin: 0. Maryland: 4. Rutgers: 3. Penn State: 2. Michigan: 1.5. Wisconsin: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 6 by 30. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 50.8. Cincinnati: 5 by 50.8. Indiana: 4 by 41.7. Miami (OH): 4 by 26.7. Nebraska: 7 by 49.2. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Northwestern: 9 by 52.5. Wisconsin: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 5 by 60.8. Rutgers: 6 by 55. Penn State: 9 by 57.5. Michigan: 2 by 23.3. Wisconsin: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.0 · Games = 13 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 1 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Maryland

Result
Sun 12/29vs ClemsonL 23-29650.5000
Sun 12/8@ WisconsinW 34-2164001
Sat 11/30@ MichiganW 56-27211.5000
Sat 11/23vs Penn StateSplash gameW 28-1794200
Sat 11/16@ RutgersSplash gameW 56-2165201
Sat 11/9vs MarylandSplash gameW 73-1453112
Sat 10/26vs WisconsinW 38-744000
Sat 10/19@ NorthwesternW 52-3970.5000
Sat 10/5vs Michigan StateW 34-1032100
Sat 9/28@ NebraskaSplash gameW 48-773110
Sat 9/21vs Miami (OH)W 76-543100
Sat 9/14@ IndianaSplash gameW 51-10431.5010
Sat 9/7vs CincinnatiSplash gameW 42-0522.500.500
Sat 8/31vs Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 45-2153210

Player Story

Malik Harrison story

Malik Harrison built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 39, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Malik Harrison's career was his defensive production: 206 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Malik Harrison's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State214.93.2
2017 PostseasonOhio State617.83.54
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State617.83.50
2018 PostseasonOhio State1943.611.413
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State1943.611.40
2019 PostseasonOhio State2640.910.17
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State2640.910.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 8 · L 20-49 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

90.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Michigan

Week 13 · W 62-39 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Maryland

Week 11 · W 73-14 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 11 · W 48-3 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#5

@ TCU

Week 3 · W 40-28

2.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Ohio State

26 primary output · 40.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

73

26 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Ohio State

67.9

19 primary · 43.6 efficiency · 11.4 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

16

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games