Malique Leatherbury

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025): Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American Second Team selection ... Preseason All-MEAC First Team as a return specialist ... Preseason All-MEAC Second Team as a wide receiver ... Phil Steele's Preseason All-MEAC First Team punt returner and all-purpose specialist ... Phil Steele's Preseason All-MEAC Second Team wide receiver ... As a Redshirt Freshman (2024): appeared in 12 games ... All-MEAC Second Team return specialist ... 17.9-yard average per punt return, which ranked second-best in the entire FCS ... had a 63-yard punt return during Morgan State's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory against Norfolk State (11/2) ... had 29 receptions for 250 yards, including a touchdown catch against South Carolina State (11/16) ... MEAC All-Academic Team ... 2023: joined the team as a walk-on ... High School: was a three-sport standout athlete at Wicomico HS … two-time Bayside Conference Special Teams Player of the Year (2022, 2023) … Bayside All Conference 1st Team … First Team All State (2021-2022, 2022-2023) … Bayside Conference single season record-receiving yards 18.1 yds per reception (2023) … led MPSSAA in receiving yards (100.5 per game) … was also a member ot the basketball team … ran on the track & field team … Presidential Award recipient … Personal: son of Tina Leatherbury … born April 6, 2005 … his hometown is Salisbury, Md. … pre physical therapy major … expected to graduate May 2027 … goes by “Juju” … his career ambition is to obtain my degree and work on becoming an athletic trainer … his biggest sports influence“is my big cousin, Shane Leatherbury, because he pushes me to be the best student-athlete” … chose to attend Morgan State “because it was close enough that my family would be able to see me play sports and I liked the atmosphere of the campus. It’s one big family.” The athletic accomplishment he is most proud of is breaking a single-season record during my senior year in high school.” … enjoys training youth in his hometown.