Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-20vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Khalil Majeed
Senior safety on Michigan State's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 201 lb · Moorestown, NJ · Suffield (Conn.) Academy
Returning to Michigan State for 2026
The story
4 safety on Michigan State's 2026 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKhalil Majeed
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Michigan State, three different head coaches: Mel Tucker, Jonathan Smith and Pat Fitzgerald. The receipt: 1 tackles against Toledo — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coaches2022–2023
Michigan State
Played under 3 different head coaches: Mel Tucker, Jonathan Smith, and Pat Fitzgerald. Multi-era developmental context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced
2026Michigan State2-0HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 19 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 30–20
vs Toledo
1 TOT
With A. Milivojevic — 247 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.3 · -5 rush yds (6 car) · C. Mccray — 4 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Michigan State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Michigan State
Returning around him
- 2 Michigan State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -18 net (28 in / 46 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Michigan State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #61 · 2026 recruiting class #45
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jalen Catalon’s 2023 season.
Matches Jalen on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Differs from Jalen on
Weight (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Charles Yates Jr.'s sophomore season at Liberty (2024).
Matches Charles on
Class year
Height
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Khalil Majeed
Background
Sixth-year graduate safety and three-year letterwinner has played in 26 career games, logging 23 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss (6 yards) and 1.0 sack (5 yards), adding one interception and one pass break-up . . . two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. 2025 SEASON (GRADUATE SENIOR): Played in...
The secondary · Michigan State
- #7Michael Richard Jr.38 tackles · 2025
- #3Tre Bell36 tackles · 2025
- #21Nikai Martinez24 tackles · 2025
- #30Aveon Grose15 tackles · 2025
- #34Khalil Majeed3 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · Michigan State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology