Malachi Langley: LB · Fresno State · #9.
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Malachi Langley
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for four head coaches in six seasons at Fresno State. Another came in 2024: All-Mountain West. On tape: 13 tackles against Air Force, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
73 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fresno State | 73 | 41 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 79 | 37 | 5.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Fresno State | 55 | 30 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 60 | 38 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 24 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 296 | 167 | 18.0 | 5.5 | 3 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30@ No. 9 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 46-30vs Sacramento State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-0vs New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21@ New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-59@ UNLV | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21@ Nevada | 13 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 33-10vs San José State | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-21vs Hawai'i | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-36@ Air Force | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-22vs Colorado State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ UCLA | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-28vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 41 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 24-21
at Nevada
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 13 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
73tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFLSack rate
4%3 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups73 tackles · 3 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Skipper
Pass share
53.1%
430 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
62.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons at Fresno State, 296 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Tim Skipper. Multi-era developmental context.
