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Jersey Number 53
Malik Ellis
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Laurel, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Laurel HS
Career Notes
Played in 12 career games with four starts … All four starts came at tight end … Signed with Mississippi State in 2023 as an offensive lineman before switching to tight end ahead of the 2023 season … Switched back to offensive line in the spring of 2024.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Played in one game … Earned a redshirt … Played six total snaps, all at right guard and all vs. Eastern Kentucky.
2023 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in 11 games while making four starts … SE Louisiana (9/2): He made his collegiate debut ... Alabama (9/30): Made his first career start at MSU … Western Michigan (10/7): Started back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
High School
Prepped at Laurel High School under head coach Ryan Ernest … Three-star prospect by 247Sports … No. 14 prospect in Mississippi … Team went 10-4 and reached the 5A State Semifinals in 2021 … Started at left tackle … Hails from the same high school that produced 2021 first-round NFL draft pick and former Bulldog Charles Cross … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2022 Dandy Dozen … Also competed in track and field, throwing the shot and discus … Chose Mississippi State over Utah, Oregon, Ole Miss and others … Enrolled early at MSU in Jan. of 2023.
Personal
Born Malik Antwon Ellis on May 18, 2004 … Son of Michael Ellis and Roberta Rogers … Major is undeclared.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @MalikEllis67
Instagram – _iammaalik
Played in 12 career games with four starts … All four starts came at tight end … Signed with Mississippi State in 2023 as an offensive lineman before switching to tight end ahead of the 2023 season … Switched back to offensive line in the spring of 2024.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Played in one game … Earned a redshirt … Played six total snaps, all at right guard and all vs. Eastern Kentucky.
2023 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in 11 games while making four starts … SE Louisiana (9/2): He made his collegiate debut ... Alabama (9/30): Made his first career start at MSU … Western Michigan (10/7): Started back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
High School
Prepped at Laurel High School under head coach Ryan Ernest … Three-star prospect by 247Sports … No. 14 prospect in Mississippi … Team went 10-4 and reached the 5A State Semifinals in 2021 … Started at left tackle … Hails from the same high school that produced 2021 first-round NFL draft pick and former Bulldog Charles Cross … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2022 Dandy Dozen … Also competed in track and field, throwing the shot and discus … Chose Mississippi State over Utah, Oregon, Ole Miss and others … Enrolled early at MSU in Jan. of 2023.
Personal
Born Malik Antwon Ellis on May 18, 2004 … Son of Michael Ellis and Roberta Rogers … Major is undeclared.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @MalikEllis67
Instagram – _iammaalik
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