Senior inside linebacker for Virginia. 2018: 20 tackles.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Richmond, VA
The story
4 inside linebacker for Virginia. 2018: 20 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMalcolm Cook
He has spent two seasons in the Virginia linebacker corps. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Indiana — Week 2, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Virginia, 66 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 14-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th 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
2018 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-13vs Richmond | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-20@ Indiana | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 16-13vs Miami | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-14@ Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |