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DeAngelo Malone

Linebacker, Atlanta Falcons · #50.

Player facts

Team: Atlanta Falcons
Position: Linebacker
Number: 50
Born: Jul 12, 1999 (age 27)
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 235 lbs
College: Western Kentucky
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Day-To-Day

Stats

2025 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1	0	0	0
Career	59	32	27	3	0	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1	5.5	12	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Nov 9	vs IND	L 31-25 OT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Nov 2	@ NE	L 24-23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 26	vs MIA	L 34-10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 19	@ SF	L 20-10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Oct 13	vs BUF	W 24-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	6.0	0	0	1	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

DeAngelo Malone (born July 12, 1999) is an American professional football defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

From Wikipedia’s article on DeAngelo Malone, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Malone grew up in Ellenwood, Georgia and originally attended Martin Luther King Jr. High School before transferring to Cedar Grove High School. He recorded 49 tackles with eight tackles for loss and was named first-team All-State and All-Metro by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as Cedar Grove won the AAA state championship. Rated a three-star recruit, Malone committed to play college football at Western Kentucky over an offer from Buffalo.

College career

Malone became a starter for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers during his freshman year and recorded 25 tackles, 1.5 sacks and five quarterback hurries. As a sophomore, he was named honorable mention All-Conference USA (C-USA)after finishing the season with 60 tackles, nine tackles for loss, six sacks, and eight quarterback hurries with two forced fumbles. In his junior season, Malone made 99 total tackles and was fourth in the nation with tackles 21 for loss and 12th in the nation with 11.5 sacks and also had 16 quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown. He was named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-C-USA.

Malone considered entering the 2020 NFL draft, but ultimately decided to return for his senior year. Malone entered senior season on the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy watchlists and was named the preseason C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and as one of the top five outside linebacker prospects for the 2021 NFL draft according to ESPN.