#45

Malik Lawal

Senior linebacker for Tulane. 2019: 37 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Tulane · Sr. · #45

6′1″ · 228 lb · Temecula, CA

Tulane 2019 alumnus

The story

Senior linebacker for Tulane. 2019: 37 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Arizona State5-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2017Arizona State7-6HC: Todd Graham · Run-leaning

2018Arizona State7-6HC: Herm Edwards · Run-leaning

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#308 / 2688 · 85th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1066 / 2688 · 60th pct

Tackles#1086 / 2688 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1413 / 2688 · 43rd pct

2.0

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

37 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks

Tackle volume

37tackles this season

TFL rate

5%2 TFL

Sack rate

3%1 sacks

PD rate

0%0 pass breakups

37 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sacks.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Tulane	37	22	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Arizona State	20	14	3.5	3.5	--	--	--
2017	Arizona State	9	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Arizona State	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		69	46	5.5	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 58–6

vs Missouri State

1 sacks · 1 tackles for loss · 2 tackles

Dominant 52-point win at home against Missouri State.

With T. Spears — 89 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Jones — 73 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week