Player Dossier

2013-2017

Toledo

Malik Jones

DE • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malik Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Maryland • Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8144

Dunbar · Baltimore, MD

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Malik Jones, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Maryland. Malik Jones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
TFL
0.5
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Malik Jones quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · DE
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 10 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Dunbar · Maryland
High school pipeline
Dunbar · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 91 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
12 tackles · DE 224th (top 62%) · Mid-American 238th (top 44%) · National 2,552nd (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonMaryland350.501-050.9
2017 PostseasonToledo71-0--024.5
2017 Regular SeasonToledo711-01-024.5

Related Context

Malik Jones played DE for Maryland and Toledo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Malik Jones recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Maryland paired 1.5 primary output with 12 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Toledo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Elon

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2017 Postseason · Toledo

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

8.6

Usage

2.2

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Elon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 0. Elon: 1. Nevada: 0. Tulsa: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0

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. App State: 1 by 4.2. Elon: 0 by 10. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Elon

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Akron

Result
Sun 12/24vs App StateL 0-3411000
Thu 10/26@ Ball StateW 58-1720000
Sat 10/21vs AkronW 48-2131000
Sat 10/14@ Central MichiganW 30-1010000
Sat 9/16vs TulsaW 54-5121000
Sat 9/9@ NevadaW 37-2433000
Thu 8/31vs ElonW 47-1300000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Toledo

    2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonMaryland0
2014 Regular SeasonMaryland00
2015 Regular SeasonMaryland00
2016 Regular SeasonMaryland1.5123.61.5
2017 PostseasonToledo18.62.2-0.5
2017 Regular SeasonToledo18.62.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 2 · W 41-14

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Elon

Week 1 · W 47-13

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Howard

Week 1 · W 52-13

0.5

Havoc Plays

28.1 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Nevada

Week 2 · W 37-24

0

Havoc Plays

13.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 8 · W 48-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Win 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 Regular Season · Maryland

1.5 primary output · 12 efficiency · 3.6 usage

50.9

#2

2017 Postseason · Toledo

24.5

1 primary · 8.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Toledo

24.5

1 primary · 8.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games