Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Oklahoma State
Malcolm Rodriguez
LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Wagoner, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malcolm Rodriguez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 60.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
93
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oklahoma State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Malcolm Rodriguez built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Wagoner, OK wearing No. 20, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Malcolm Rodriguez's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 9
- Overall
- No. 188
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Malcolm Rodriguez, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Malcolm Rodriguez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 60.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 408
- TFL
- 35
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 20
- Passes defended
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 2
Featured Highlight
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Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State Highlights
2021 · Oklahoma State · Player Highlight
Malcolm Rodriguez college highlights at Oklahoma State.
- Season
- 2021
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Malcolm Rodriguez quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oklahoma State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 408
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 10 entries · 56 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 6 · Pick 9 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 129 tackles · LB 6th (top 1%) · Big 12 1st (top 1%) · National 6th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 6 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 12 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 13 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 58.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 13 | 94 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 58.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 11 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 56.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 11 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 56.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 14 | 11 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 78.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 14 | 118 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 78.5 |
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Malcolm Rodriguez played LB for Oklahoma State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malcolm Rodriguez recorded 408 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Oklahoma State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Oklahoma State paired 34 primary output with 60.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 47.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
47.4
Usage
10.3
Consistency
41
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Tulsa: 5. West Virginia: 2. Kansas: 1. Iowa State: 3. Texas: 1. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma: 2. Texas Tech: 1. TCU: 0. Baylor: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 9 by 47.5. Tulsa: 10 by 91.7. West Virginia: 7 by 49.2. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Iowa State: 7 by 59.2. Texas: 7 by 39.2. Kansas State: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 11 by 65.8. Texas Tech: 8 by 43.3. TCU: 8 by 33.3. Baylor: 8 by 53.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.9 · Games = 8 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/29 | @ Miami | W 37-34 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ BaylorSplash game | W 42-3 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ TCU | L 22-29 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Texas Tech | W 50-44 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | @ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash game | L 13-41 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Kansas State | W 20-18 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Texas | L 34-41 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Iowa StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Kansas | W 47-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs West VirginiaSplash game | W 27-13 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Tulsa10+ tackles · Splash game | W 16-7 | 10 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Malcolm Rodriguez story
Malcolm Rodriguez built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Wagoner, OK wearing No. 20, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Malcolm Rodriguez's career was his defensive production: 408 tackles, 35 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 56 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Oklahoma State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Malcolm Rodriguez's production has multiple signals. With 56 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma State.
The arc is straightforward: Malcolm Rodriguez 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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Oklahoma State
2017-2021
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Season Value Progression
2017201720182018201920192020202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 0 | 7.7 | 1.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 7 | 34.6 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 7 | 34.6 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 16.5 | 45.7 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 16.5 | 45.7 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 18 | 47.4 | 10.3 | 1.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 18 | 47.4 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 34 | 60.5 | 13.3 | 16 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 34 | 60.5 | 13.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma
Week 13 · W 37-33 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Tulsa
Week 3 · W 16-7
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Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Missouri State
Week 1 · W 23-16
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#4
vs West Virginia
Week 12 · W 45-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#5
vs TCU
Week 10 · W 34-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
34 primary output · 60.5 efficiency · 13.3 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
78.5
34 primary · 60.5 efficiency · 13.3 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Oklahoma State
58.5
16.5 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
17
Impact games
16
Splash games
17
10+ tackle games
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