Player Dossier

2012-2016

North Texas

Malik Dilonga

DE • 6'4" • Cedar Hill, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malik Dilonga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

Malik Dilonga built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive end from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 56, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Malik Dilonga's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8006

Trinity Christian School · Cedar Hill, TX

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Malik Dilonga, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas. Malik Dilonga shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Malik Dilonga quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · DE
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Trinity Christian School · North Texas
High school pipeline
Trinity Christian School · 6 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 56 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DE 167th (top 46%) · Conference USA 206th (top 36%) · National 1,933rd (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonNorth Texas112-0--041
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas11194.522-041

Related Context

Malik Dilonga played DE for North Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malik Dilonga recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

North Texas paired 8.5 primary output with 15.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2016 Postseason · North Texas

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

15.7

Usage

4.7

Consistency

9.1

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. Army: 0. SMU: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Marshall: 1.5. UTSA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 2. Western Kentucky: 0.5. Southern Miss: 4.5. UTEP: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 2 by 23.3. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 24.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 17.5. Southern Miss: 3 by 57.5. UTEP: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -1.1 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

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Southern Miss

Result
Tue 12/27vs ArmyL 31-3820000
Sat 11/26@ UTEPL 24-5231000
Sat 11/19vs Southern MissSplash gameW 29-23322.5010
Sat 11/12@ Western KentuckyL 7-45310.5000
Sat 11/5vs Louisiana TechSplash gameL 24-4511110
Sat 10/29@ UTSAL 17-3121000
Sat 10/8vs MarshallW 38-21200.5000
Sat 10/1vs Middle TennesseeL 13-3020000
Sat 9/24@ RiceW 42-3510000
Sat 9/10vs Bethune-CookmanW 41-2011000
Sat 9/3vs SMUL 21-3411000

Player Story

Malik Dilonga story

Malik Dilonga built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive end from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 56, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Malik Dilonga's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Malik Dilonga's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0
2013 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00
2014 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00
2015 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00
2016 PostseasonNorth Texas8.515.74.78.5
2016 Regular SeasonNorth Texas8.515.74.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 12 · W 29-23 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 10 · L 24-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Marshall

Week 6 · W 38-21 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

35.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Western Kentucky

Week 11 · L 7-45 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

22.3 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.3 takeover score.

#5

@ UTEP

Week 13 · L 24-52 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · North Texas

8.5 primary output · 15.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · North Texas

41

8.5 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · North Texas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games