#51

Malik Thompson

Senior defensive lineman for Marshall. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DL · Marshall · Sr. · #51

6′6″ · 288 lb · Winter Garden, FL

Marshall 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Marshall. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Marshall, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Marshall

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Doc Holliday, all balanced offenses — 20-18 over that span.

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2017Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2018Marshall9-4HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#27 / 2662 · 99th pct

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Tackles#965 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.4	0.4	0.2
Road6g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Marshall	39	14	4.0	3.0	1	1	--
2017	Marshall	5	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Marshall	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		47	17	5.0	3.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 32–16

vs Eastern Kentucky

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With I. Green — 278 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 3 rush yds (3 car) · R. LeFevre — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week