Marshall University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Malik Gant
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
- High School:
- Woodson
Named to the Conference USA preseason all-conference team at defensive back … Named to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch list.
R-SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017): Walk-on who earned a scholarship following the 2017 spring football drills … Coach Doc Holliday told the media that, “If there is an MVP in the spring, it may be” Malik Gant … Safety lived up to that promise during a breakout 2017 season, finishing with 100 tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss, five pass breakups and three quarterback hurries … Ranked second on the team in tackles … Earned second team C-USA all-conference honors as a defensive back … Played in 12 games, including 10 starts … Named a game captain for Old Dominion … Breakout game came against No. 23 North Carolina State … Recorded 17 tackles vs. N.C. State … Had 11 tackles in win vs. Charlotte … 10 tackles vs. ODU … 13 tackles vs. FIU … 16 tackles, including 12 solo tackles, at UTSA … Returned from injury to record four tackles in a New Mexico Bowl win vs. Colorado State.
R-FRESHMAN SEASON (2016): Backup safety appeared in all 12 games … Made six tackles.
FRESMAN SEASON (2015): Redshirted.
HERD FILE: Born May 29, 1997 … Starred at safety and cornerback at Woodson High School in Washington D.C. … Same high school produced Marshall quarterback great Byron Leftwich … Gant also competed in track and field at Woodson.
