Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Georgia
Malik Herring
DL • 6'3" • 280 lbs • Forsyth, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Georgia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Player Story
Malik Herring built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Forsyth, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Malik Herring's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Malik Herring, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Georgia. Malik Herring shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 75
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Malik Herring quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · DL
- Career Tackles
- 75
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Georgia
- Top game
- Georgia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mary Persons · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Benjamin Russell · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 169th (top 21%) · SEC 188th (top 32%) · National 1,374th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 9.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 30 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 30 |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia | 12 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 10 | 19 | 3.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54.9 |
Related Context
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Malik Herring played DL for Georgia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malik Herring recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Georgia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Georgia paired 11.5 primary output with 19.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Georgia
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
19.9
Usage
5.8
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 2. Arkansas: 2. Auburn: 0. Tennessee: 0. Alabama: 2. Kentucky: 3. Florida: 0.5. Mississippi State: 0. South Carolina: 0. Missouri: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 1 by 24.2. Arkansas: 1 by 24.2. Auburn: 3 by 12.5. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 4 by 36.7. Kentucky: 1 by 34.2. Florida: 3 by 17.5. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/1 | vs CincinnatiSplash game | W 24-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ MissouriSplash game | W 49-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/29 | @ South Carolina | W 45-16 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | vs Mississippi State | W 31-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Florida | L 28-44 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ KentuckySplash game | W 14-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/18 | @ AlabamaSplash game | L 24-41 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Tennessee | W 44-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Auburn | W 27-6 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ ArkansasSplash game | W 37-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Malik Herring story
Malik Herring built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Forsyth, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Malik Herring's career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Malik Herring's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Georgia
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 1 | 6.5 | 1.9 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia | 5 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 5 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia | 8 | 15.4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia | 8 | 15.4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia | 11.5 | 19.9 | 5.8 | 3.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia | 11.5 | 19.9 | 5.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia Tech
Week 13 · W 45-21
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Baylor
Week 1 · W 26-14 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Kentucky
Week 9 · W 14-3 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Alabama
Week 7 · L 24-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 15 · W 49-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Georgia
11.5 primary output · 19.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage
54.9
#2
2020 Regular Season · Georgia
54.9
11.5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Georgia
35.1
8 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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