Senior defensive back for Memphis. 2023: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 16 tackles.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Toccoa, GA
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.
The story
4 defensive back for Memphis. 2023: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 16 tackles.
Malik Feaster
Erases the deep middle of the field. Malik Feaster has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles against South Florida — Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Memphis, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Memphis | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023
W 36–26
at Iowa State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
With S. Henigan — 364 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · S. Smith — 22 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 37-3@ Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-31vs Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-21@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-42@ North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-50vs South Florida | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 44-38@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-38vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21@ Temple | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 36-26@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 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.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dashawn Jones’s 2022 season.
Matches Dashawn on
Differs from Dashawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Grier's senior season at Memphis (2024).
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Player DNA