Malcolm Buggs: S · South Alabama · #5.
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Malcolm Buggs
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at South Alabama: Joey Jones and Steve Campbell. On tape: 8 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Alabama | 40 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | South Alabama | 32 | 20 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 39 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-30vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-55@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs Texas State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-52@ Memphis | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-52@ App State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-48@ Georgia Southern | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 45-7vs Alabama State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-38vs Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL40 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Campbell
Pass share
39.3%
323 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
68.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
332 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Alabama, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
