Malik Robinson

Senior linebacker for Houston. 2023: 73 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

LB · Houston · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 230 lb · Snellville, GA

CFB Index 52 · #270 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceHouston 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 780 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Houston. 2023: 73 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Houston, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20174 games

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of South Gwinnett

2020

The snaps went the other way.

Signed with Houston3-star out of Fort Scott C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#780 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2023

2 coaches

2017

Major Applewhite

Houston

2020–2023

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2020Houston3-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Houston12-2HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2022Houston8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Pass-leaning

2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #270 of 577?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#4 / 710 · 96th pct

Tackles#204 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#340 / 2842 · 88th pct

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1404 / 2842 · 46th pct

2.0

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.7	0.3	0.0	0.1
Road5g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #270 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Houston	73	35	2.0	0.0	1	1	1
2022	Houston	14	5	0.5	0.5	1	--	--
2021	Houston	34	15	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Houston	9	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	North Carolina	6	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	64	5.0	1.5	2	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 41–39

vs West Virginia

7 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out West Virginia at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 253 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.4 · 34 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · M. Golden — 3 rec · 34 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-14vs UTSA	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 41-43@ Rice	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 3	L 13-36vs TCU	10	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-7vs Sam Houston	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 28-49@ Texas Tech	11	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 7	W 41-39vs West Virginia	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 24-31vs Texas	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-41@ Kansas State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 25-24@ Baylor	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Cincinnati	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 30-43vs Oklahoma State	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-27@ UCF	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		73	35	2.0	0.0	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology