Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UCF
Malachi Lawrence
EDGE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malachi Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Malachi Lawrence built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Louisville, KY wearing No. 51, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Malachi Lawrence's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 23
- Overall
- No. 23
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Malachi Lawrence, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF. Malachi Lawrence shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 26
- Sacks
- 18
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Malachi Lawrence quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · UCF
- Top game
- Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Pittsburg · 24 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 23 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 51 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · EDGE 14th (top 29%) · Big 12 168th (top 23%) · National 1,521st (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 24.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 74.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 8 | 23 | 8 | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 67.1 |
Related Context
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Malachi Lawrence played EDGE for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malachi Lawrence recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
UCF paired 20 primary output with 37.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UCF
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
29.7
Usage
10.4
Consistency
52.1
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 2. North Carolina A&T: 2.5. North Carolina: 1. Kansas State: 3. Kansas: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. West Virginia: 4. Baylor: 7. Houston: 2. Oklahoma State: 0. BYU: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 24.2. North Carolina A&T: 3 by 37.5. North Carolina: 0 by 10. Kansas State: 2 by 38.3. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 17.5. West Virginia: 4 by 56.7. Baylor: 7 by 79.2. Houston: 4 by 36.7. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.9 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ BYU | L 21-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Oklahoma State | W 17-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs HoustonSplash game | L 27-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Baylor2+ sacks · Splash game | L 3-30 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs West Virginia2+ sacks · Splash game | W 45-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Cincinnati | L 11-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kansas | L 20-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | L 20-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs North Carolina | W 34-9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Carolina A&TSplash game | W 68-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Jacksonville StateSplash game | W 17-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Malachi Lawrence story
Malachi Lawrence built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Louisville, KY wearing No. 51, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Malachi Lawrence's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 18 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UCF. 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 Malachi Lawrence's production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Malachi Lawrence 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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UCF
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 9.2 | 4 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 20 | 37.5 | 13.9 | 19 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 20 | 37.5 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 16 | 20.2 | 6.6 | -4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCF | 23 | 29.7 | 10.4 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 71 Baylor
Week 10 · L 3-30 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Cincinnati
Week 10 · W 28-26 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona
Week 10 · W 56-12 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Houston
Week 13 · W 27-13 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma
Week 8 · L 29-31 · Conference game
3
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
2023 Postseason · UCF
20 primary output · 37.5 efficiency · 13.9 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · UCF
74.7
20 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 13.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · UCF
67.1
23 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
16
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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