Dez Malone

Position:
DB
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
203
Hometown:
Fresno, Calif.
Prev School:
San Diego State University

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2020*	2-0	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0	0	0
2021*	8-0	0	0	0	0.0-0	0.0-0	0	0	0	0
2022*	13-11	34	9	43	1.0-1	0.0-0	3-0	0	0	5
2023*	12-12	33	14	47	2.0-15	1.0-10	1-0	1	0	7
2024	11-6	21	6	27	1.5-3	0.0-0	0	0	0	2
Career	46-29	89	29	117	4.5-19	1.0-10	4-0	1	0	14

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in 11 games and made six starts at cornerback … started in season opener vs. Temple (8/30), vs. Tulane (9/14), vs. Tennessee (9/21), at Auburn (9/28), vs. Alabama (9/23) and at LSU (11/30) … totaled 27 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and two pass breakups … notched three tackles at LSU … tied his season high with five tackles vs. Alabama … recorded five tackles (0.5 TFL) at Ole Miss (10/26) … logged four tackles and one pass breakup at Auburn … made three stops vs. Tennessee … tallied one tackle (TFL) and a pass breakup vs. Tulane.

2023 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Started all 12 games at cornerback … totaled 47 tackles (33 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, one sack, seven pass breakups and an interception … played 692 defensive snaps, second most among SDSU defenders … notched 37 yards on three punt returns (12.3 average) … registered five tackles and a PBU vs. Fresno State (11/25) … notched five tackles and a forced fumble at Colorado State (11/11) … recorded five tackles and a sack vs. Nevada (10/21) … tallied a career high-tying six tackles (three solo) at Air Force (9/30) … made three solo stops vs. Utah State (11/4) … tallied two tackles and a PBU and returned a punt for 37 yards vs. Boise State (9/22) … made four tackles, one TFL and one PBU at Oregon State (9/16) … set a career high with six tackles (four solo) and a QB hurry vs. UCLA (9/9) … credited with two tackles an interception and a career-high four PBUs vs. Idaho State (9/2) … made three tackles in the season opener vs. Ohio (8/26).

2022 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Honorable mention All-Mountain West by the league’s head coaches … third-team All-MWC pick by Phil Steele magazine … played in all 13 games and started each of the final 11 … totaled 43 tackles (34 solo), one tackle for loss, three interceptions and five pass breakups … tied for fifth in the Mountain West in interceptions … played in 588 of the team’s 874 defensive snaps overall … notched two tackles and an interception in the Hawai’i Bowl vs. Middle Tennessee (12/24) … tallied three tackles and two PBUs vs. San Jose State (11/12) … tallied four solo stops, an interception and a PBU vs. UNLV (11/5) … notched five tackles (four solo) vs. Hawai’i (10/8) … made three solo tackles and an interception that he returned 31 yards at Boise State (9/30) … tallied five tackles (four solo) and a PBU vs. Toledo (9/24) … notched a season-high six tackles (five solo) in his first career start at Utah (9/17) … was credited with four tackles and a PBU vs. Idaho State (9/10).

2021 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Played in eight games, primarily on special teams … saw action in each of the first six contests of the season, and vs. Nevada (11/13) and Fresno State (10/30).

2020 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Redshirted … appeared in two games in a special teams role … logged his first special teams snaps at Colorado (11/28) … also played the following week vs. Colorado State (12/5).

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-year letter winner at Edison High School in Fresno, Calif. … was a two-time first-team all-league selection … also a captain and team MVP … a three-star recruit by both 247sports and ESPN, and a two-star recruit by Rivals … received a scout grade of 82 by 247sports and 73 by ESPN.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2024 ... major is multidisciplinary studies.