Malik Dilonga: DE · North Texas · #56.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Malik Dilonga
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. On tape: 3 tackles against UTEP, Week 13, 2016.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
CBS News Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | North Texas | 21 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
| Career | 21 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-34vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-20vs Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-35@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-30vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-21vs Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-31@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-45vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45@ Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 29-23vs Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 24-52@ UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 31-38vs Army | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2016
W 29-23
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%2 sacksTFL rate
21%4 TFLHurry rate
10%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%2 of 4 pressures21 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
51.8%
449 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at North Texas, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan McCarney → Seth Littrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
