Player Dossier

2023-2024

Troy

Malaki Pegues

DE • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Oxford, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malaki Pegues shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

77

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

38

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Malaki Pegues built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive end from Oxford, MS wearing No. 35, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Malaki Pegues' career was his defensive production: 9...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.85

Oxford · Oxford, MS

Committed To
Hudson Valley
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Malaki Pegues, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Troy. Malaki Pegues shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9
TFL
2.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Malaki Pegues quick answers

Latest team and position
Troy · DE
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 4 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Troy
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Oxford · Hudson Valley
High school pipeline
Oxford · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 35 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTroy492.521-053.6
2024 Regular SeasonTroy00-0--0-

Related Context

Malaki Pegues played DE for Troy. Across 2 tracked seasons, Malaki Pegues recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Troy paired 5.5 primary output with 23.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Troy

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

23.1

Usage

5.8

Consistency

42.6

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 1. Louisiana: 1. Southern Miss: 3. App State: 0.5

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. South Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. Southern Miss: 5 by 50.8. App State: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half1 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.8 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 12/2vs App StateW 49-23210.5000
Sat 11/25@ Southern MissSplash gameW 35-17531.501.500
Sat 11/18vs LouisianaW 31-24100.500.500
Thu 11/2vs South AlabamaW 28-1010000

Player Story

Malaki Pegues story

Malaki Pegues built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive end from Oxford, MS wearing No. 35, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Malaki Pegues' career was his defensive production: 9 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Malaki Pegues' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Troy

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTroy5.523.15.8
2024 Regular SeasonTroy0-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 13 · W 35-17 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#2

vs South Alabama

Week 10 · W 28-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

30.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Louisiana

Week 12 · W 31-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

27.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.5 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 14 · W 49-23 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

17.5 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Troy

5.5 primary output · 23.1 efficiency · 5.8 usage

53.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Troy

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games