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Player Dossier
2022-2025Mississippi State
Malick Sylla
LB • 6'6" • 255 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malick Sylla shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
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
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas A&M • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Malick Sylla built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Malick Sylla's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Malick Sylla, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State. Malick Sylla shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Malick Sylla quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Katy · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · LB 448th (top 36%) · SEC 150th (top 20%) · National 1,243rd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 41 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas A&M | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 54.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 56 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Malick Sylla
Malick Sylla played LB for Texas A&M and Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malick Sylla recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 15 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24 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 Texas A&M, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
24
Usage
7.6
Consistency
36.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 3. Southern Miss: 1. Arizona State: 0. Alcorn State: 0.5. Northern Illinois: 2. Tennessee: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 4. Arkansas: 2.5. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 3 by 42.5. Southern Miss: 6 by 35. Arizona State: 4 by 16.7. Alcorn State: 2 by 13.3. Northern Illinois: 2 by 28.3. Tennessee: 1 by 24.2. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 5 by 60.8. Arkansas: 3 by 37.5. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | L 29-43 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ole Miss | L 19-38 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Missouri | L 27-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ ArkansasSplash game | W 38-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs TexasSplash game | L 38-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Florida | L 21-23 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Texas A&M | L 9-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs TennesseeSplash game | L 34-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | W 38-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Alcorn State | W 63-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arizona State | W 24-20 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Malick Sylla story
Malick Sylla built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Malick Sylla's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Malick Sylla'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.
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Texas A&M
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Mississippi State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 3 | 27.5 | 8 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas A&M | 5 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 5 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 5 | 37.5 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 15 | 24 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 15 | 24 | 7.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 38-3
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 17 Texas
Week 9 · L 38-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Massachusetts
Week 12 · W 20-3
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 3 · W 47-3
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 1 · L 29-43 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
15 primary output · 24 efficiency · 7.6 usage
56
#2
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
56
15 primary · 24 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M
54.2
5 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 11.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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