Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 20-48vs UConn | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
#18
MaLik Caswell
Sophomore safety on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Midway, GA · Stockbridge HS
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 2185 nationally · Signed with Marshall
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore safety on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2024.
- Transferred from Marshall to Southern Miss in 2025.
MaLik Caswell
MaLik Caswell has been at Southern Miss through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against UConn — Week 3, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Marshall3-star out of Stockbridge
20254 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Southern Miss
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Southern Miss
Coaching transition mid-career: Charles Huff → Blake Anderson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2026Southern Miss1-2HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, 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: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.5 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
Blake Anderson
Pass share
52.7%
127 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
80.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
121 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
2025 (R-Fr.): Played in 12 games…Used mostly on special teams…Registered five tackles (one solo) with a half tackle for a loss against ULM (10/25) and an interception that he returned against Jackson State (9/6) for 23 yards. Marshall (2024): Redshirted in his true freshman season…Appeared in…
The secondary · Southern Miss
- #1Josh Moten61 tackles · 2025
- #24Josh Battle34 tackles · 2025
- #1Champ Lewis16 tackles · 2025
- #3Jyaire Brown7 tackles · 2025
- #18MaLik Caswell5 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology