Last confirmed: USC, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 280 lb · Los Angeles, CA · St. John Bosco
Malik Dorton: DL · USC · #44.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Malik Dorton
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent three seasons in the USC defensive front. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Arizona State — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-21vs UNLV | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-17@ No. 10 Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-37@ Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 39-36vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-20vs No. 19 Colorado | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-41@ Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-38vs Arizona State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 27-34@ UCLA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 3 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 43-21
vs UNLV
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 22-point win at home against UNLV.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry25 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
51.6%
400 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
