Sophomore safety for Southern Miss. 2025: 1 interception, 5 tackles.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Midway, GA · Stockbridge HS
The numbers
interception · 2025
5 tackles · 0.5 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 2 tackles, vs Jackson State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety for Southern Miss. 2025: 1 interception, 5 tackles.
MaLik Caswell
He got to Southern Miss by way of Marshall. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Texas State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
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 | Southern Miss | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–20
2 TOT · 23 YDS · 1 INT
With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Jackson State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 38-22vs App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-21vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-41vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Southern Miss
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108
2025 (R-Fr.): Played in 12 games…Used mostly on special teams…Registered five tackles (one solo) with a half tackle for a loss against ULM (10/25) and an interception that he returned against Jackson State (9/6) for 23 yards. Marshall (2024): Redshirted in his true freshman season…Appeared in one...
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