Last confirmed: San Diego State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Compton, CA · Compton Dominguez
Malik Smith: S · San Diego State · #12.
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Malik Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at San Diego State since. On tape: 10 tackles against Northern Illinois, Week 3, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | San Diego State | 59 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 |
| 2014 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 59 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-40vs California | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-28@ Northern Illinois | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ South Alabama | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-7vs UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-3@ Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-3vs San José State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-13@ Utah State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-0vs Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 46-16@ Nevada | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 33-34@ Wyoming | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-63vs Colorado State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 34-10vs Houston | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
Week 3 · 2016
W 42-28
10 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 6 solo tackles
Edged out Northern Illinois on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL59 tackles · 3 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Rocky Long — 29-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
29.0%
254 pass / 622 run
Plays / game
62.6
14 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
256 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
59 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at San Diego State, 59 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rocky Long.
