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Malik Harrison

Linebacker, New York Giants · #54.

Player facts

Team: New York Giants
Position: Linebacker
Number: 54
Born: Mar 5, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Columbus, OH, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 247 lbs
College: Ohio State
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	217	122	95	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	16	18	1

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 4	vs ARI	W 36-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs TEN	W 12-7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Sep 21	@ LAR	L 28-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs DAL	W 28-20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Malik Harrison (born March 5, 1998) is an American professional football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Malik Harrison, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Harrison attended Walnut Ridge High School in Columbus, Ohio, where he played football and basketball. On the football field, he switched between quarterback, wide receiver, running back, linebacker, and safety. In 2015, his senior season, he rushed for 897 yards and 15 touchdowns while passing for 1,161 yards and eight touchdowns alongside compiling five sacks and forty tackles. He committed to play college football at Ohio State University following his senior season.

College career

In 2016, Harrison's freshman year at Ohio State, he appeared in 12 games. As a sophomore in 2017, he appeared in all 14 of Ohio State's games, compiling 36 tackles and two sacks.

In 2018, Harrison's junior season, he became a starter, and was tied for first on the team in tackles with 81 alongside adding 8.5 tackles for loss. He earned All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention.

As a senior in 2019, Harrison again led Ohio State in tackles, recorded 4.5 sacks, and was named first-team All-Big Ten.