Player Dossier

2022-2025

Nebraska

Malcolm Hartzog

DB • 5'9" • 185 lbs • Silver Creek, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malcolm Hartzog shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

13

Efficiency

12.1

Consistency

50

Season Value

19.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

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.

Malcolm Hartzog, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Nebraska. Malcolm Hartzog shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.

Malcolm Hartzog played DB for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malcolm Hartzog 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 12.1 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.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

12.1

Usage

13

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 2. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 2
All Games1 · Games = 2

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

Result
Sat 9/6vs AkronW 68-000000
Fri 8/29@ CincinnatiW 20-17110011

Career Arc

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    Nebraska

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNebraska6198
2023 Regular SeasonNebraska7.52241.5
2024 PostseasonNebraska10246.92.5
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska10246.90
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska212.113-8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wisconsin

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#2

Iowa

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.3 takeover score.

#3

Cincinnati

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.1 takeover score.

#4

Minnesota

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.

#5

Indiana

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Nebraska

10 primary output · 24 efficiency · 6.9 usage

28.7

#2

2024 Regular Season · Nebraska

28.7

10 primary · 24 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Nebraska

24.7

6 primary · 19 efficiency · 8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.81

Long Beach Poly · Long Beach, CA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

108

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 33 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.