Player Dossier

2020-2024

Oklahoma

Dez Malone

DB • 6'0" • 204 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dez Malone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.8

Efficiency

15.8

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

10.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
San Diego State • Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dez Malone, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · San Diego State. Dez Malone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San Diego State, Oklahoma.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Oklahoma

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

2.8

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

LSU

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 0. Houston: 0. Tulane: 2. Tennessee: 0. Auburn: 1. Texas: 0. Ole Miss: 0.5. Missouri: 0. Alabama: 0. LSU: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 1 by 24.2. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 4 by 26.7. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 5 by 25.8. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. LSU: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Auburn

Result
Sun 12/1@ LSUL 17-3732001
Sun 11/24vs AlabamaW 24-355000
Sun 11/10@ MissouriL 23-3021000
Sat 10/26@ Ole MissL 14-26540.5000
Sat 10/12vs TexasL 3-3410000
Sat 9/28@ AuburnW 27-2143001
Sat 9/21vs TennesseeL 15-2532000
Sat 9/14vs TulaneW 34-1911101
Sat 9/7vs HoustonW 16-1222000
Fri 8/30vs TempleW 51-311000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    San Diego State

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oklahoma

    2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

202020212022202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State000
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2022 PostseasonSan Diego State1020.85.210
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1020.85.20
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1125.16.51
2024 Regular SeasonOklahoma4.515.82.8-6.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.

#2

UNLV

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.2 takeover score.

#3

San José State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

#4

Tulane

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

#5

Middle Tennessee

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

33.3

#2

2022 Postseason · San Diego State

24.7

10 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · San Diego State

24.7

10 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8281

Edison · Fresno, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

114

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 36 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Dez Malone quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
114