Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Nebraska
Malcolm Hartzog Jr.
DB • 5'9" • 185 lbs • Silver Creek, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Silver Creek, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Malcolm Hartzog Jr.'s career was his...
Read the storyMalcolm Hartzog Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska. Malcolm Hartzog Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 108
- TFL
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DB
- Career Tackles
- 108
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Nebraska
- Top game
- Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Long Beach Poly · 81 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DB 945th (top 97%) · Big Ten 735th (top 94%) · National 5,764th (top 93%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 40 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 43 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 59.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.4 |
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Malcolm Hartzog Jr. played DB for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malcolm Hartzog Jr. recorded 108 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Nebraska paired 10 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
17.1
Usage
10.4
Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 2. Akron: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half2 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Cincinnati
Player Story
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. story
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Silver Creek, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Malcolm Hartzog Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Nebraska. 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 Malcolm Hartzog Jr.'s production has multiple signals. His career also includes 30 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Malcolm Hartzog Jr. 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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Nebraska
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 19 | 8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7.5 | 22 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 10 | 24 | 6.2 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 24 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 3 | 17.1 | 10.4 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa
Week 14 · L 10-13 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Wisconsin
Week 12 · L 14-15 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 8 · L 7-56 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 1 · W 20-17
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 1 · L 10-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Nebraska
10 primary output · 24 efficiency · 6.2 usage
59.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
59.2
10 primary · 24 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
51.4
3 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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