Malcolm Greene

Senior defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.

DL · Massachusetts · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 190 lb · Richmond, VA

CFB Index 4 · #329 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Massachusetts for 2026

How he projects

Wins his gap play after play.

The full scouting read

The story

4 defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Virginia to Massachusetts in 2025.

His career, year by year

Malcolm Greene

DL · Massachusetts · Sr · #1

Wins his gap play after play. Three head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 7 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

4Below cohort / limited sample #329 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#1098 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1178 / 2975 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

4 · #329 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #41 of 43 Mid-American DLs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Massachusetts	35	18	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Virginia	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Virginia	15	11	4.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Clemson	8	7	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
2021	Clemson	12	8	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
2020	Clemson	14	10	1.5	1.5	2	1	--
Career		87	56	7.5	1.5	5	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-42vs Temple	1	0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-47@ Iowa	1	1	—	0
Wk 5	L 6-42@ Missouri	4	2	—	0
Wk 6	L 3-21vs Western Michigan	7	3	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	L 6-42@ Kent State	3	2	—	1
Wk 8	L 21-28vs Buffalo	6	5	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-38@ Central Michigan	6	4	—	0
Wk 12	L 3-45vs Northern Illinois	1	1	—	0
Wk 14	L 14-45vs Bowling Green	6	0	—	0
Total		35	18	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Malcolm Greene

20238 games

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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