Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Georgia
Malaki Starks
DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Jefferson, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malaki Starks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Malaki Starks built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Jefferson, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Malaki Starks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 27
- Overall
- No. 27
- NFL Team
- Baltimore Ravens
Malaki Starks, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia. Malaki Starks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 189
- TFL
- 4.5
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Malaki Starks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia · DB
- Career Tackles
- 189
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Georgia
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Jefferson · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Jefferson · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 1 · Pick 27 · Baltimore Ravens
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 77 tackles · DB 29th (top 3%) · SEC 20th (top 3%) · National 181st (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 11 | 60 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 66.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Georgia | 14 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia | 14 | 51 | - | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 54.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Georgia | 14 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia | 14 | 73 | 4 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 51.9 |
Related Context
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Malaki Starks played DB for Georgia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malaki Starks recorded 189 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Georgia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Georgia paired 9.5 primary output with 31.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Georgia
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
6.4
Consistency
45.8
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Clemson: 1. Tennessee Tech: 0. Kentucky: 0. Alabama: 2. Auburn: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Texas: 1. Florida: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Tennessee: 1. Massachusetts: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Tennessee Tech: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 8 by 33.3. Alabama: 8 by 53.3. Auburn: 6 by 25. Mississippi State: 7 by 29.2. Texas: 7 by 39.2. Florida: 4 by 26.7. Ole Miss: 6 by 35. Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Massachusetts: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Tech: 10 by 51.7. Texas: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 11 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.5 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
Alabama
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1/2 | vs Notre Dame | L 10-23 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/7 | @ Texas | W 22-19 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles | W 44-42 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Massachusetts | W 59-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | vs Tennessee | W 31-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ole Miss | L 10-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Florida | W 34-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Texas | W 30-15 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Mississippi State | W 41-31 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Auburn | W 31-13 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ AlabamaSplash game | L 34-41 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Kentucky | W 13-12 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 48-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Clemson | W 34-3 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Malaki Starks story
Malaki Starks built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a defensive back from Jefferson, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with Georgia. The clearest part of Malaki Starks' career was his defensive production: 189 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Georgia. 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 Malaki Starks' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 39 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia.
The arc is straightforward: Malaki Starks 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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Georgia
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 9.5 | 31.4 | 6.7 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Georgia | 10 | 22.6 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia | 10 | 22.6 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Georgia | 8 | 28.6 | 6.4 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia | 8 | 28.6 | 6.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Alabama
Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 1 · W 49-3
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Tennessee
Week 10 · W 27-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Kentucky
Week 12 · W 16-6 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Kent State
Week 4 · W 39-22
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Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Georgia
9.5 primary output · 31.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Georgia
54.7
10 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Georgia
54.7
10 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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