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44 Malik Dorton

44 Malik Dorton

  • Position:
    Defensive Tackle
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    280
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • High School:
    St. John Bosco

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CAREER:  He has 35 tackles (5 for losses, with 3.5 sacks), 6 deflections and a forced fumble in his career.  He has appeared in 27 games in his career, with 4 starts.

2018:  The well-tested Dorton will battle for a starting job on the defensive line as a senior in 2018.

2017:  Dorton saw significant action as a defensive lineman in all 14 games in 2017, including staring 3 times (Notre Dame, UCLA, Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game).  Overall in 2017, he had 24 tackles (3.5 for losses of 30 yards, with 2.5 sacks for 29 yards), 5 deflections and a forced fumble.  He had 3 tackles against Utah, Arizona (with a sack) and Colorado, 2 tackles against Western Michigan, Texas, Washington State, Notre Dame and UCLA (with a sack) and 1 each versus Stanford, Oregon State (with 2 deflections), Arizona State and Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game (with 2 deflections).

2016:  Dorton served as a backup defensive tackle as a sophomore in 2016.  Overall in 2016, he saw action in 11 games (all but Washington) and started against Alabama, and he had 9 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of 16 yards (with a 15-yard sack), and a deflection.  He had 3 tackles against Alabama, 1 each against Stanford and Utah (with a deflection), 2 versus Arizona State (with 0.5 for a loss) and 1 each versus Colorado (a sack) and California.

2015:  Dorton, who was switched from outside linebacker to defensive end in 2015 spring drills, was a reserve as a redshirt freshman in 2015.  Overall in 2015 while appearing in 2 games (Arkansas State and Idaho), he had 2 tackles (1 in each game).

2014:  Dorton redshirted as a freshman outside linebacker at USC in 2014, his first year at USC.

HIGH SCHOOL:  He made 2013 Prep Star All-American, ESPN 300, Cal-Hi Sports All-State third team and All-CIF Pac-5 Division as a senior defensive end at St. John Bosco High in Bellflower (Calif.).  He had 66 tackles, with 5 sacks, in 2013.  St. John Bosco won the 2013 CIF Pac-5 Division championship and CIF state championship Open Division bowl game. 

As a 2012 junior, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior third team and All-CIF Pac-5 Division while making 57 tackles, including 13 for a loss (with 6 sacks), plus an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble. 

As a sophomore in 2011, he made Cal-Hi Sports All-State Sophomore second team and All-Trinity League as he had 40 tackles with a sack, as well as a fumble recovery.  Current Trojan Reid Budrovich also prepped at St. John Bosco.

PERSONAL:  He received his bachelor’s degree in communication from USC in the summer of 2017 and is now working on a master’s degree in communication management.

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