Malik Stinnett

Made 10 appearances, including seven starts on the campaign · Collected 38 total tackles on the year (23 solo, 15 assists) and 3.0 tackles for loss · Added five pass breakups and two quarterback hits · Put together a strong performance in the Florida Classic against Florida A&M (11/22), picking up five tackles with 0.5 for loss and 0.5 sacks · Recorded four tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, one quarterback hit, and one pass breakup in a home victory over Edward Waters (9/20) · Stuffed the statsheet against Mississippi Valley State (11/1), managing four tackles, a tackle for loss, a quarterback hit, and a pass breakup · Grabbed a season-high five solo tackles in the season opener against FIU (8/29) Ended the season fourth on the team in total tackles (53) · Played in 11 games with five starts across the campaign · Had 27 assisted stops to go along with 26 primary tackles · Pulled down a pair of tackles behind the line of scrimmage · Team second-most tying four pass breakups from his linebacker position on the field · Recovered one fumble · Had five tackles (three assisted) with a tackle behind the line of scrimmage and two pass deflections at home to Clark Atlanta (Sept. 21) · Also totaled five tackles (four assisted) and a pass breakup away to Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent Alabama A&M (Oct. 12) · Pulled down a career-best eight tackles (seven solo) with a fumble recovery at Mississippi Valley State (Oct. 19) · Picked up back-to-back games with six tackles to end the year at Texas Southern (Nov.16) and versus Florida A&M (Nov. 23) Suited up and played in eight games in his true freshman season · Hauled down 12 tackles (eight solo) · Produced his first two collegiate tackles at home to Savannah State (Sept. 9) · Pulled in a season-best five tackles (three primary) against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 2) · Also tallied an assisted stop at home versus Alabama A&M (Nov. 11) Attended Desert Pines HS · Was a first team all-conference linebacker and team Defensive Player of the Year · Graduated with high honors Majoring in Business Accounting