Dezjhon Malone

Former defensive back at Oklahoma. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Oklahoma · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 204 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 27 · #460 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceOklahoma 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1935 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Oklahoma. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oklahoma, 114 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with San Diego State3-star out of Edison

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1935 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2022–2024

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #460 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#993 / 2892 · 65th pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #460 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma	27	21	1.5	0.0	3	--	--
2023	San Diego State	46	34	2.0	1.0	7	1	--
2022	San Diego State	41	33	1.0	0.0	6	3	--
2020	San Diego State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		114	88	4.5	1.0	16	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–3

vs Alabama

5 TOT · 5 SOLO

Dominant 21-point win at home against Alabama.

With J. Arnold — 68 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.4 · 131 rush yds (25 car) · L. Elzinga — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-3vs Temple	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-12vs Houston	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-19vs Tulane	1	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 15-25vs Tennessee	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-21@ Auburn	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 3-34vs Texas	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-26@ Ole Miss	5	4	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	L 23-30@ Missouri	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-3vs Alabama	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-37@ LSU	3	2	0.0	—	1
Total		27	21	1.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Dezjhon Malone

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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