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2026 Football Roster

14 Malik McKinzie

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sumter, S.C.
  • High School Sumter HS

Biography

2025 SENIOR (CHARLESTON SOUTHERN)
  • Played and started in all 12 games
  • Named First-Team All-Conference by the league's head coaches and Phil Steele
  • Named OVC/Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • Recorded 63 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss and seven sacks
  • Recorded a career-high 13 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks, against Eastern Illinois
  • Recorded forced fumbles against Tennessee Tech and Eastern Illinois
  • Recorded at least 0.5 tackles for loss in every game
  • Recorded a sack in eight games
  • Finished career with a game-sealing sack on fourth down against Tennessee State
  • Ranked tied for eighth in Charleston Southern history in single-season tackles for loss and tied for sixth in sacks
2024 JUNIOR (UNC PEMBROKE)
  • Appeared in nine games
  • Appeared in nine games
  • Recorded 46 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks
  • Recovered two fumbles and recorded three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup
  • Recorded a career-high 11 tackles against Charleston (W.Va.)
  • Recorded career highs of 5.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks against Concord
  • Earned Mountain East Conference Player of the Year honors
2023 SOPHOMORE (UNC PEMBROKE)
  • Appeared in 10 games
  • Recorded 50 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks
  • Recovered one fumble and recorded five quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
  • Recorded a season-high eight tackles against West Virginia State
  • Recorded a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss against West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Recorded a career-high 2.0 sacks against Fairmont State
  • Named MEC Academic All-Conference and CSC Academic All-District
2022 FRESHMAN (UNC PEMBROKE)
  • Appeared in seven games
  • Recorded 31 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss
  • Recorded a season-high seven tackles, including five solo tackles, against Fairmont State
  • Named MEC Academic All-Conference
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Named All-Region twice
  • Recorded 113 tackles, five tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior
  • Recorded 84 tackles and three sacks as a junior
  • Helped lead Sumter to the third round of the playoffs in both seasons
  • Finished fifth in the shot put at Nike Outdoor Nationals as a senior
  • Competed in track and field

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