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Malik Mustapha

Wake Forest · Safety · 2021-23

TKL
169
INT
3
PD
6

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2023, Mustapha recorded 169 tackles and 14 tackles for loss. In 2021 and 2023, Mustapha also had 3 interceptions.

Mustapha was the No. 124 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 68 overall, the 12th-highest safety rating at Wake Forest since 1990 and No. 143 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • No. 124 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Malik Mustapha season-by-season statistics at Wake Forest
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
202137222
202252720
202380521
Total1691463

Seasons with tracked stats at Wake Forest. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Wake Forest Teammates

  1. 77Sam Hartman2018-22QB
  2. 77A.T. Perry2019-22WR
  3. 75Nick Andersen2020-25S
  4. 74Jasheen Davis2020-24EDGE
  5. 72Rondell Bothroyd2018-22EDGE
  6. 72Jaquarii Roberson2018-21WR
  7. 69Kobie Turner2022EDGE
  8. 68Caelen Carson2020-23CB
  9. 68Demond Claiborne2022-26RB
  10. 68Jahmal Banks2020-23WR

Full Wake Forest all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Malik Mustapha) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.