Dezjhon Malone: DB · Oklahoma · #4.
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Dezjhon Malone
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Brady Hoke and Brent Venables. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Alabama — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-3vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-12vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-19vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-25vs No. 6 Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-21@ Auburn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-34vs No. 1 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-26@ No. 18 Ole Miss | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Missouri | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-3vs No. 7 Alabama | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-37@ LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL27 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 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
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
42.0%
373 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at San Diego State and Oklahoma, 114 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Brady Hoke and Brent Venables.
