Defensive end, Western Kentucky, 2017–⁠21

DeAngelo Malone

Number: No. 10
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Born: Jul 12, 1999

DeAngelo Malone played defensive end at Western Kentucky (2017–⁠21). The Atlanta Falcons took Malone in round 3, No. 82 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 99; Tackles, 2019 (Western Kentucky, 9–⁠4)
Drafted: No. 82; Round 3, 2022 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

12tackles, career highat Army, 2021 3sacks, career highat Old Dominion, 2019

Honors

2019, 2021Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

6–⁠73–⁠99–⁠45–⁠79–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Western Kentucky	25	8	1.5	1.5	0	1	5
2018	Western Kentucky	59	30	8	5	1	1	8
2019	Western Kentucky	99	55	20.5	11	0	0	16
2020	Western Kentucky	71	45	11	6	0	1	9
2021	Western Kentucky	94	44	17.5	9	0	4	7
Career		348	182	58.5	32.5	1	7	45

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Western Kentucky	10	DE	Yr 1
2018	Western Kentucky	10	DE	Yr 2
2019	Western Kentucky	10	DE	Yr 3
2020	Western Kentucky	10	DE	Yr 4
2021	Western Kentucky	10	DE	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′4″	230

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Western Kentucky 14 games, 94 tackles, 9 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.UT Martin	W 59–⁠21	2	2	1	0	0
Sep 11	atArmy	L 35–⁠38	12	4	0	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Indiana	L 31–⁠33	9	2	1.5	1.5	0
Oct 2	atMichigan State	L 31–⁠48	9	4	2	0	1
Oct 9	vs.UTSA	L 46–⁠52	11	7	1	0	0
Oct 16	atOld Dominion	W 43–⁠20	8	3	2.5	1	0
Oct 23	atFlorida International	W 34–⁠19	2	2	1	1	0
Oct 30	vs.Charlotte	W 45–⁠13	5	3	1.5	1	0
Nov 6	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 48–⁠21	4	1	0.5	0	1
Nov 13	atRice	W 42–⁠21	6	2	0	0	1
Nov 20	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 52–⁠17	4	2	1	1	0
Nov 27	atMarshall	W 53–⁠21	7	5	2.5	2	0
Dec 3	atUTSA	L 41–⁠49	9	4	2	0.5	0
Dec 18 ✦	vs.App State	W 59–⁠38	6	3	1	1	1

2020 Western Kentucky 11 games, 71 tackles, 6 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 12	atLouisville	L 21–⁠35	8	7	3.5	1	0
Sep 19	vs.Liberty	L 24–⁠30	9	4	0.5	0	0
Oct 3	atMiddle Tennessee	W 20–⁠17	5	4	1	1	0
Oct 10	vs.Marshall	L 14–⁠38	8	7	1	0	0
Oct 17	atUAB	L 14–⁠37	5	4	1	0	1
Oct 24	vs.Chattanooga	W 13–⁠10	7	5	0	0	0
Oct 31	atBYU	L 10–⁠41	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 7	atFlorida Atlantic	L 6–⁠10	11	5	2	2	0
Nov 14	vs.Southern Miss	W 10–⁠7	5	3	2	2	0
Nov 21	vs.Florida International	W 38–⁠21	6	3	0	0	0
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Georgia State	L 21–⁠39	6	2	0	0	0

2019 Western Kentucky 13 games, 99 tackles, 11 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 29	vs.Central Arkansas	L 28–⁠35	8	6	3.5	1.5
Sep 7	atFlorida International	W 20–⁠14	9	2	1	0
Sep 14	vs.Louisville	L 21–⁠38	10	4	1.5	0.5
Sep 28	vs.UAB	W 20–⁠13	10	6	3	2
Oct 5	atOld Dominion	W 20–⁠3	9	6	4	3
Oct 12	vs.Army	W 17–⁠8	7	3	1	0
Oct 19	vs.Charlotte	W 30–⁠14	5	4	2	2
Oct 26	atMarshall	L 23–⁠26	4	2	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Florida Atlantic	L 24–⁠35	10	9	1	0
Nov 9	atArkansas	W 45–⁠19	5	3	1	0
Nov 23	atSouthern Miss	W 28–⁠10	6	3	1.5	1
Nov 30	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 31–⁠26	7	3	1	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Western Michigan	W 23–⁠20	9	4	0	0

2018 Western Kentucky 12 games, 59 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	atWisconsin	L 3–⁠34	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Maine	L 28–⁠31	3	2	1.5	1.5	0	0
Sep 15	atLouisville	L 17–⁠20	8	4	1	0	1	0
Sep 22	atBall State	W 28–⁠20	4	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Marshall	L 17–⁠20	4	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	atCharlotte	L 14–⁠40	2	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	vs.Old Dominion	L 34–⁠37	7	4	1	0.5	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Florida International	L 17–⁠38	5	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	atMiddle Tennessee	L 10–⁠29	5	2	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 10	atFlorida Atlantic	L 15–⁠34	11	5	1	1	0	1
Nov 17	vs.UTEP	W 40–⁠16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 24	atLouisiana Tech	W 30–⁠15	6	4	2	2	0	0

2017 Western Kentucky 11 games, 25 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 31–⁠17	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 9	atIllinois	L 7–⁠20	6	1	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 22–⁠23	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Sep 23	vs.Ball State	W 33–⁠21	3	2	0	0	0
Oct 7	atUTEP	W 15–⁠14	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 14	vs.Charlotte	W 45–⁠14	3	1	1	1	0
Oct 20	atOld Dominion	W 35–⁠31	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 11	atMarshall	L 23–⁠30	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 41–⁠38	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 24	atFlorida International	L 17–⁠41	3	2	0	0	0
Dec 16 ✦	vs.Georgia State	L 17–⁠27	2	0	0	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 10–⁠20).

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′3¼″
Weight	243 lb
Arm length	33⅛″
Hand size	9⅞″
Wingspan		79⅜″^W
40-yard dash		4.60 s^W
10-yard split		1.60 s^W
Vertical jump		35½″^W
Broad jump		9′11″^W
Bench press	23 reps
3-cone drill		7.06 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.36 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2022	Atlanta Falcons	13	26	1	0
2023	Atlanta Falcons	5	6	0	0
2024	Atlanta Falcons	10	16	2	0
2025	Atlanta Falcons	7	8	0	1
NFL career		35	56	3	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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