Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Texas
Malik Muhammad
DB • 6'0" • 188 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Muhammad shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Malik Muhammad built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Desoto, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Malik Muhammad's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 124
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Malik Muhammad, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas. Malik Muhammad shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 93
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Malik Muhammad quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · DB
- Career Tackles
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · South Oak Cliff · Texas
- High school pipeline
- South Oak Cliff · 60 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 4 · Pick 24 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DB 311th (top 32%) · SEC 170th (top 23%) · National 1,399th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 24 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 18.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas | 15 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 30 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 46.1 |
Related Context
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Malik Muhammad played DB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malik Muhammad recorded 93 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Texas paired 10.5 primary output with 20.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.9 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: Oklahoma
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Texas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
20.9
Usage
3.7
Consistency
32.6
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. San José State: 1. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Oklahoma: 4. Kentucky: 3. Mississippi State: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Georgia: 0. Arkansas: 0.5. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 6 by 35. San José State: 0 by 10. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma: 2 by 48.3. Kentucky: 5 by 50.8. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 2 by 18.3. Georgia: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas: 1 by 9.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.6 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
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Texas A&M | W 27-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Arkansas | W 52-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Georgia | L 10-35 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Vanderbilt | W 34-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Mississippi State | W 45-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ KentuckySplash game | W 16-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs OklahomaSplash game | W 23-6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Sam Houston | W 55-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs UTEP | W 27-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs San José State | W 38-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Ohio State | L 7-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Malik Muhammad story
Malik Muhammad built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Desoto, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Malik Muhammad's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Texas. 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 Malik Muhammad's production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Malik Muhammad 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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Texas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 4 | 11.7 | 2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 4 | 11.7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas | 9 | 16 | 2.1 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 9 | 16 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 10.5 | 20.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 7 · W 23-6 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 66 Kentucky
Week 8 · W 16-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas Tech
Week 13 · W 57-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 1 · W 39-31 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#5
vs UTSA
Week 3 · W 56-7
2
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Texas
10.5 primary output · 20.9 efficiency · 3.7 usage
46.1
#2
2024 Postseason · Texas
33.6
9 primary · 16 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Texas
33.6
9 primary · 16 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
5
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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