Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 16-24vs Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#21
Malik McConico
Senior safety on Arkansas State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 187 lb · Ocala, FL
Returning to Arkansas State for 2026
The story
4 safety on Arkansas State's 2025 roster.
- Signed with Utah State in 2024.
Malik McConico
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Iowa State — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20244 games
- Signed with Utah Stateout of Hutchinson C.C.
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced
2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Arkansas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Arkansas State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -12 net (25 in / 37 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Arkansas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #91 · 2026 recruiting class #85
The secondary · Arkansas State
- #6AG McGhee83 tackles · 2025
- #8Brandon Barnes68 tackles · 2025
- #15Brandon Greil53 tackles · 2025
- #5Five Hamilton38 tackles · 2025
- #21Malik McConico2 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Arkansas State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology