Senior defensive end for Cincinnati. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.
6′3″ · 268 lb · Cincinnati, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 450 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Cincinnati. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 13 tackles.
Malik Vann
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Malik Vann has played for two head coaches in six seasons at Cincinnati. The receipt: 2 tackles against West Virginia — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Cincinnati, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. 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: solo tackles (10th 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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 33 | 19 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 16 | 13 | 5.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 30 | 17 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 103 | 59 | 24.0 | 11.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-21@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-20vs Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-35@ BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-42@ West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Cedric Johnson’s 2022 season.
Matches Cedric on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA