Malcolm Lee: S · Ball State · #2.
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Malcolm Lee
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Five seasons in the Ball State secondary to date. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ohio — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ball State | 71 | 42 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Ball State | 50 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 |
| 2020 | Ball State | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Ball State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Ball State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 145 | 86 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-59@ Tennessee | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-37vs Western Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-0vs Murray State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-34@ Georgia Southern | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-38vs Northern Illinois | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-16@ Central Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 25-21vs UConn | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-20vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20@ Kent State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 18-32vs Ohio | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 17-18@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 42 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL71 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 27-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
54.1%
481 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
74.1
12 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
490 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
71 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, 145 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
