Player Dossier

2020-2025

Boise State

Malik Sherrod

RB • 5'8" • 177 lbs • Oxnard, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Malik Sherrod leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Fresno State • Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Malik Sherrod built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with Boise State and Fresno State. The clearest part of Malik Sherrod's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8204

Pacifica · Oxnard, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Malik Sherrod, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State. Malik Sherrod leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,659
Rushing yards
2,058
Receiving yards
601
Touchdowns
24

Quick Answers

Malik Sherrod quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,659
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 52 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
3-star · Pacifica · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Pacifica · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
668 scrimmage yards · RB 143rd (top 20%) · Mountain West 28th (top 13%) · National 286th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State1330033.8
2021 PostseasonFresno State7000019.2
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State741410019.2
2022 PostseasonFresno State1427243042
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State1445740948242
2023 PostseasonFresno State121719081078.6
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State121,0588771811278.6
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State423419638449.3
2025 PostseasonBoise State1418126050.3
2025 Regular SeasonBoise State14650406244650.3

Related Context

Malik Sherrod played RB for Fresno State and Boise State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Malik Sherrod recorded 2,058 rushing yards, 601 receiving yards, and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Fresno State paired 1,229 primary output with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Boise State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with 182 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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2023 Postseason · Fresno State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

102.4

Efficiency

56.8

Usage

34.5

Consistency

58.7

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 171. Purdue: 19. Arizona State: 38. Kent State: 80. Nevada: 141. Wyoming: 65. Utah State: 166. UNLV: 84. Boise State: 160. San José State: 69. New Mexico: 54. San Diego State: 182

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 28 by 53.6. Purdue: 9 by 22.1. Arizona State: 7 by 66.4. Kent State: 13 by 70. Nevada: 15 by 89.2. Wyoming: 13 by 48.1. Utah State: 27 by 59.7. UNLV: 25 by 34.6. Boise State: 25 by 66. San José State: 19 by 43.5. New Mexico: 14 by 40.6. San Diego State: 20 by 87.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins107.4 · Games = 8 · +14.9 vs Losses
Losses92.5 · Games = 4 · -14.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

89.2 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 12/16vs New Mexico State150 scrimmage yardsW 37-1020904.5008816.1
Sun 11/26@ San Diego State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 18-33151389.2025449.1
Sun 11/19vs New MexicoL 17-2513513.901133.9
Sun 11/12@ San José StateL 18-4215684.500413.6
Sun 11/5vs Boise State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 37-30211326.3014286.4
Sun 10/29vs UNLVW 31-2417563.3008283.4
Sat 10/14@ Utah State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 37-32241315.5033356.1
Sun 10/8@ WyomingL 19-2411484.4002175
Sun 10/1vs Nevada100 rush yardsW 27-91212310.3013189.4
Sun 9/24vs Kent StateW 53-1010717.100396.2
Sun 9/17@ Arizona StateW 29-0642701-45.4
Sat 9/2@ PurdueW 39-358172.101122.1

Player Story

Malik Sherrod story

Malik Sherrod built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Oxnard, CA wearing No. 23, spending time with Boise State and Fresno State. The clearest part of Malik Sherrod's career was his backfield work: 2,058 rushing yards, 410 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 601 receiving yards across 52 career games in the available record. His career also includes 601 receiving yards, 6 tackles, and 1,211 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Malik Sherrod's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Fresno State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Boise State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State331.31.3
2021 PostseasonFresno State4140.42.638
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State4140.42.60
2022 PostseasonFresno State48451.710.7443
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State48451.710.70
2023 PostseasonFresno State1,22956.834.5745
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State1,22956.834.50
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State23433.530.1-995
2025 PostseasonBoise State66850.713.9434
2025 Regular SeasonBoise State66850.713.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San Diego State

Week 13 · L 18-33 · Conference game

Loss with 182 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

96 takeover

182 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.

#2

@ No. 80 Air Force

Week 4 · W 49-37 · Conference game

116

Scrimmage Yards

85.7 takeover

Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

116 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#3

vs Boise State

Week 10 · W 37-30 · Conference game

160

Scrimmage Yards

84.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

160 scrimmage yards and 46.3 usage.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 3 · W 48-0

113

Scrimmage Yards

84.5 takeover

Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

113 scrimmage yards and 26.3 usage.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 7 · W 37-32 · Conference game

166

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

166 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Fresno State

1,229 primary output · 56.8 efficiency · 34.5 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Fresno State

78.6

1,229 primary · 56.8 efficiency · 34.5 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Boise State

50.3

668 primary · 50.7 efficiency · 13.9 usage

Milestones

5

100+ rush yards

4

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games