Junior outside linebacker for California. 2018: 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Chino Hills, CA
The story
3 outside linebacker for California. 2018: 12 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMalik Psalms
Malik Psalms has been at California through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against Arizona — Week 6, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at California, 26 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (8th 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
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | California | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | California | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | California | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018
W 12–10
vs Washington
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With S. Coutts — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · C. Garbers — 153 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (10 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-23vs Idaho State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42vs Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-24@ Arizona | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 12-10vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-19@ Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |