Former defensive lineman at Michigan State. 2016: 1.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.
6′6″ · Detroit, MI
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 31 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Michigan State. 2016: 1.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.
Malik McDowell
He has spent two seasons in the Michigan State defensive front. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 2 TFL against Northwestern — Week 7, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan State, 2 sacks — drafted at #35 overall by Seattle.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · NFL
SeattleEntering 10th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mark Dantonio, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Michigan State | 34 | 20 | 7.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Michigan State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 34 | 20 | 7.0 | 1.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016
W 36–28
at Notre Dame
4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL
Edged out Notre Dame on the road in a shootout.
With T. O'Connor — 241 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.6 · 43 rush yds (10 car) · J. Hartbarger — 38 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-13vs Furman | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-28@ Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-30vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24@ Indiana | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-31vs BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 40-54vs Northwestern | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-28@ Maryland | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-32vs Michigan | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-31@ Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 20 | 7.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.