Malik Langham: DL · Purdue · #35.
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Malik Langham
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The five seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Dan Mullen, Derek Mason, Clark Lea and Ryan Walters. On tape: 4 tackles against Iowa, Week 6, 2023.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Purdue | 19 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Florida | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 52 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-39vs Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-17@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-35vs Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-38vs Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-19vs Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 14-31@ Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-23@ Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-31vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Walters
Pass share
46.2%
392 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
70.7
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #253 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Florida, Vanderbilt and Purdue, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Dan Mullen, Derek Mason, Clark Lea and Ryan Walters.
