Malik Armstrong
Northern Illinois Huskies
53
Depth

Malik Armstrong

Northern Illinois HuskiesRebuilding
FSDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Malik Armstrong starting?

Malik Armstrong is the projected starter at FS for Northern Illinois Huskies.

Redshirt senior · #14 · 6'0", 192 lbs

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Depth at FS · Northern Illinois Huskies

  1. 11453Malik ArmstrongStarter
  2. 23053Andruw Ellis

Northern Illinois Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois plays San José State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 2-star recruit out of Minooka Community HS, ranked #2,547 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 53 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit2★ · #2,547 Natl2-Yr Total2 tacklesTeam Share0%
Joliet, IL
Jersey
#14
Class
RS SR
Height
6'0"
Weight
192 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025100
2024100

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7906
National Rank
#2547
High School
Minooka Community HS
Hometown
Minooka, IL

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 0th-percentile production (×0.76 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 53.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 75% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 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 24LHAWTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-21

Oct 17LWYOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-23

Oct 10LAFATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-7

Sep 26LGASTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-14

Sep 20LARIZTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-17

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

Final L 28-24

Sep 5LIOWATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 40-0

Malik Armstrong's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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