Malik Herring: DL · Georgia · #10.
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Malik Herring
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Georgia defensive front. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Alabama, Week 7, 2020.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 37-10@ Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-6vs No. 7 Auburn | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-21vs No. 14 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-41@ No. 2 Alabama | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 14-3@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-44vs No. 8 Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-16@ South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 49-14@ Missouri | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%4 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
15%3 hurries20 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 44-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
45.2%
304 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
74.7
9 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirby Smart.
