Malik Gant: S · Marshall · #29.
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Malik Gant
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the same secondary at Marshall. First career honor, 2017: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1 sack against Miami (OH) — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
90 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 9 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-28@ Miami (OH) | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 32-16vs Eastern Kentucky | 11 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-37vs NC State | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Western Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-34vs Middle Tennessee | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-20@ Old Dominion | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-7vs Florida Atlantic | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-26@ Southern Miss | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-13vs Charlotte | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-0vs UTSA | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-25@ Florida International | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-41@ Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 40 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 8 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 35-28
at Miami (OH)
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 12 tackles
Edged out Miami (OH) on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
90tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%9 TFL90 tackles · 9 for loss · 1 sack · 8 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Doc Holliday, all balanced offenses — 20-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
48.1%
432 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
69.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
90 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Marshall, 196 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doc Holliday.
