Malik Hartford
UCLA Bruins
79
Solid

Malik Hartford

UCLA BruinsContender
SSDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Ohio State
Projected Starter

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Malik Hartford is the projected starter at SS for UCLA Bruins.

Redshirt junior · #12 · 6'2", 193 lbs

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Depth at SS · UCLA Bruins

  1. 11279Malik HartfordStarter
  2. 2479Cole Martin
  3. 3767Aaron Williams

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Lakota West, ranked #152 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 2 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #152 NatlTeam Share0%
Cincinnati, OH
Jersey
#12
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
193 lbs
Transfer
Ohio State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—200

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9371
National Rank
#152
High School
Lakota West
Hometown
West Chester, OH

Why this rating?

On a 90-rated defense; 11th-percentile production at transfer origin (×1.00 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
90
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 11% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×1.00)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 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 10WORETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-15

Sep 26WMDTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 54-3

Sep 20WPURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-38

Sep 12WSDSUTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 28-10

Sep 6WCALTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 45-24

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

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Team Role

2 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
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