Defensive back, Iowa State, 2021–24
Malik Verdon
Lettered 2023–24 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Class (2024)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Hamilton, OH
- Born
- Oct 31, 2002
Malik Verdon played defensive back at Iowa State (2021–24).
Career highs
13tackles, career highat Iowa, 2024Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iowa State | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 47 | 26 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 75 | 34 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 133 | 67 | 5.5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | 7 | DB | RS | ||
| 2022 | Iowa State | 7 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Iowa State | 7 | DB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Iowa State | 7 | DB | Jr. | 6′4″ | 225 |
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
2024 Iowa State 12 games, 75 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. North Dakota | W 21–3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Iowa | W 20–19 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Arkansas State | W 52–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Houston | W 20–0 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | vs. Baylor | W 43–21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | at West Virginia | W 28–16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. UCF | W 38–35 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Texas Tech | L 22–23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Kansas | L 36–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Cincinnati | W 34–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Utah | W 31–28 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs. Arizona State | L 19–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Iowa State 9 games, 47 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Northern Iowa | W 30–9 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Iowa | L 13–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Ohio | L 7–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. TCU | W 27–14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atCincinnati | W 30–10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atBaylor | W 30–18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Kansas | L 21–28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at BYU | W 45–13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Texas | L 16–26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2022 Iowa State 3 games, 11 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 | Combine or pro day 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅝″ | |
| Weight | 218 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 78⅜″ | |
| Vertical jump | 37½″W | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″W | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.06 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.34 s |
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).
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