Malcolm Hartzog Jr.
Arizona Wildcats
84
Good

Malcolm Hartzog Jr.

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FSDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Nebraska
Projected Starter

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Malcolm Hartzog Jr. is the projected starter at FS for Arizona Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #15 · 5'8", 190 lbs

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Depth at FS · Arizona Wildcats

  1. 11584Malcolm Hartzog Jr.Starter
  2. 2283Daylen Austin
  3. 32166Johno Price

Arizona Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Jefferson Davis County, ranked #1,090 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 1 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,090 NatlTeam Share1%
Silver Creek, MS
Jersey
#15
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'8"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
Nebraska

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—111

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8567
National Rank
#1090
High School
Jefferson Davis County
Hometown
Prentiss, MS

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 54th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.95 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 54% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.95)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WWVUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-31

Oct 4WCINTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

Sep 26WWSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-24

Sep 20WNIUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-17

Sep 12LBYUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-17

Sep 6WNAUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Malcolm Hartzog Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement14%
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