#23

Malik Sherrod

Senior running back for Boise State. 2025: 418 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Boise State · Sr. · #23

5′8″ · 177 lb · Oxnard, CA

CFB Index 52 · #114 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Boise State for 2026

The numbers

418

rushing yards · 2025

4 TD · 4.9 per carry · 28 catches

Backed by 24 car · 131 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game.

The play that turned itSwung Boise State from 44% to 79% to win.Boise State at Air Force · 49-37

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Boise State. 2025: 418 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2020.
Transferred from Fresno State to Boise State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins in space out of the backfield.

Explosive rate: 73rd percentile.

The full scouting read

Malik Sherrod

RB · Boise State · Sr · #23

Wins in space out of the backfield. Five head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. 2023 brought the first one: Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week. One game to point at: 80 rush yds, 36 rec yds against Air Force — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning

2024Fresno State6-7HC: Tim Skipper · Balanced

2025Boise State9-5HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #114 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (92nd percentile). Strength: receptions (88th percentile). Concern: success rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#123 / 456 · 73rd pct

8.5%

TD rate#250 / 456 · 45th pct

2.4%

Yards / carry#266 / 456 · 42nd pct

4.7

EPA / carry#314 / 456 · 31st pct

0.03

Success rate#409 / 456 · 10th pct

34.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#29 / 338 · 92nd pct

250

Receptions#39 / 338 · 88th pct

Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct

Yards / carry#171 / 349 · 49th pct

4.9

Long run#181 / 349 · 48th pct

Carries#195 / 349 · 44th pct

Rush yards#200 / 349 · 43rd pct

418

Fumbles lost#154 / 201 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

3rd → 31st percentile

Success rate

1st → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

15th → 73rd percentile

Yards / carry

3rd → 42nd percentile

TD rate

76th → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	34.9	5.0	0.4
Road7g	24.9	4.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	33.1	4.7	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	26.6	4.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #114 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #114 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #11 of 34 Mountain West RBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boise State	85	418	4.9	4	--
2024	Fresno State	60	196	3.3	4	--
2023	Fresno State	172	967	5.6	9	--
2022	Fresno State	81	433	5.3	2	--
2021	Fresno State	11	41	3.7	0	--
2020	Fresno State	1	3	3.0	0	--
Career		410	2,058	5.0	19	--

Season	Team
2025	Boise State	28	250	8.9	2	--
2024	Fresno State	8	38	4.8	0	--
2023	Fresno State	43	262	6.1	1	--
2022	Fresno State	7	51	7.3	0	--
2021	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Fresno State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		86	601	7.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 51–14

vs Eastern Washington

42 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 37-point win at home against Eastern Washington.

With M. Madsen — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 35 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Riley — 123 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Fresno State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.61(02:09) Shotgun #8 M.Sherrod rush left for 44 yards gain to the FS 28 (#22 C.Bracha), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · UNLV · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Maddux Madsen pass complete to Malik Sherrod for 21 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 4 · Air Force · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Malik Sherrod run for 40 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 15 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14(02:00) #4 M.Madsen pass complete short left to #8 M.Sherrod caught at NLV41, for 39 yards to the NLV00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:50, 1ST DOWN #35 C.Boomer kick attempt good (H: #37 O.Doyle, LS: #42 M.Hutton)
Week 13 · Colorado State · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Shotgun #8 M.Sherrod rush middle for 24 yards gain to the CSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:48, 1ST DOWN #80 C.Bates pass attempt Successful
Week 15 · UNLV · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.83(13:58) Shotgun #4 M.Madsen pass complete short right to #8 M.Sherrod caught at BOI28, for 21 yards to the NLV48 (#7 J.Pope), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Utah State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.73(09:36) Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete short right to #8 M.Sherrod caught at BSU31, for 24 yards to the BSU45 (#12 B.Arnold III), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · App State · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Maddux Madsen pass complete to Malik Sherrod for 11 yds to the APP 29 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Fresno State · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.39(07:42) Shotgun #8 M.Sherrod rush middle for 8 yards gain to the FS 40 (#2 A.Cobb), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Air Force · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +2.30Malik Sherrod run for 15 yds to the AF 36

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-34@ South Florida	11	27	2.5	0	9
Wk 2	W 51-14vs Eastern Washington	7	42	6.0	1	20
Wk 4	W 49-37@ Air Force	7	80	11.4	1	40	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 5	W 47-14vs App State	9	49	5.4	0	22
Wk 6	L 7-28@ Notre Dame	3	6	2.0	0	4
Wk 7	W 41-25vs New Mexico	7	16	2.3	0	5
Wk 8	W 56-31vs UNLV	3	3	1.0	0	3
Wk 9	W 24-3@ Nevada	7	27	3.9	0	9
Wk 10	L 7-30vs Fresno State	10	67	6.7	0	44
Wk 12	L 7-17@ San Diego State	4	6	1.5	0	5
Wk 13	W 49-21vs Colorado State	7	56	8.0	2	24
Wk 14	W 25-24@ Utah State	4	16	4.0	0	12
Wk 15	W 38-21vs UNLV	2	11	5.5	0	9
Bowl	L 10-38@ Washington	4	12	3.0	0	6
Total		85	418	4.5	4	44

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

Malik Sherrod

2020

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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