Senior defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 9 tackles.
6′3″ · 290 lb · Chester, VA · Thomas Dale High
The numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 9 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at Kent State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 9 tackles.
Malachi Madison
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Brent Pry and Joe Harasymiak. The receipt: 2 tackles, 1 sacks against Kent State — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Petrino.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Missouri State
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Casey Woods
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-27vs Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 7-47@ Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-42@ Kent State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
UMass 2025: Logged 9 total tackles in 7 appearances for the Minutemen ... Had season-best 2 solo stops at Kent State (10/11/25) with a two-yard sack ... Also brought down 2 ball carriers vs. Bryant (9/6/25) and Iowa (9/13/25) with a solo. Virginia Tech 2024: Made a pair of appearances with a solo...
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