2021 Football Roster

92 Malik Fisher

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position DL
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 265
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • Highschool Xavier

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 SEASON
CAA Football Second Team Defense
STATS Perform Preseason All-America Third Team
CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team
2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON
CAA Football First Team Defense
2019 SEASON
CAA Football Third Team Defense
ACADEMIC HONORS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2021)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)

Villanova: Named to the preseason CAA Football All-Conference team … Will be looked upon to be one of the team’s top defensive players … Has outstanding edge rush capability … Possesses a good feel for the game.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Named a first team All-CAA selection … Started all four games at defensive end … Made 11 tackles on the year, including eight solo stops and three assisted tackles … His four tackles for loss and three sacks both led the team … Recorded a forced fumble and an interception; at Stony Brook (3/6): Registered half a tackle for a loss of a yard in the season opener; Rhode Island (3/13): Recorded four total tackles, including three solo stops and one assisted tackle to go along with his first career interception; at Maine (4/3): Tallied a sack for a loss of five yards and forced a fumble; Delaware (4/17): Credited with a season-high five total tackles … Registered four solo tackles and one assisted stop … Had 2.5 tackles for loss, including two quarterback sacks for a total loss of 15 yards.
 
2019: Earned third team All-CAA honors … Started all 13 games at defensive end … Led the defense with seven quarterback sacks on the year, including having a sack in each of the first four games of the season … His eight total tackles for loss ranked third on the team … Made a total of 30 tackles, including 16 solo tackles and 14 assisted stops … His eight tackles for loss resulted in a total of 47 lost yards for the opposition … Recorded three forced fumbles, a team-best five quarterback hurries and had two pass breakups; at Colgate (8/24): Registered a season-high four solo tackles, including an 11-yard sack among them, and forced fumble in the season opener; Lehigh (9/7): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop in the home opener … His solo tackle was a sack for a loss of five yards; at Bucknell (9/14): Tallied a sack for a loss of eight yards, forced a fumble and was credited with a quarterback hurry; at Towson (9/21): Had a season-high five total tackles in the road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers … Made three solo tackles and two assisted stops … Registered 1.5 sacks for a total loss of eight yards while marking his fourth consecutive game with a sack (and fifth straight dating to the end of the 2018 season) … Recorded two quarterback hurries; Maine (9/28): Had a solo tackle and an assisted stop; at William & Mary (10/5): Registered a solo tackle – a sack for a loss of five yards – as well as an assisted stop; at James Madison (10/12): Totaled four tackles (one solo, three assisted) … Had half a sack to go along with two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup; Stony Brook (10/26): Made one assisted tackle in the game; Richmond (11/9): Recorded a solo tackle and an assisted stop; LIU (11/15): Made one solo tackle, two assisted stops and had a pass breakup; Delaware (11/23): Registered an assisted tackle in the Wildcats win over the Blue Hens in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ game; at Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Made three total tackles in the first round of the FCS playoffs … Credited with two solo tackles and one assisted stop … Had two tackles for loss, including a sack for a loss of seven yards … Tallied a forced fumble in the game.
 
2018: Played in all 11 games and had 10 starts on the year … Led the defense with five sacks for a total loss of 26 yards … Tied for the team lead with 9.5 tackles for loss which resulted in a total of 40 yards lost by the opposition … Totaled 18 tackles on the year, including 14 solo stops and four assisted tackles … Had one forced fumble and one pass breakup … Blocked a kick on a punt attempt; at Temple (9/1): Recorded four solo tackles in a 19-17 win over FBS foe Temple in the season opener … His efforts for the day included two tackles for loss, one of which was a four-yard sack; at Lehigh (9/8): Made two solo tackles, had a tackle for a loss of five yards and registered a pass breakup in a 31-9 road win; Towson (9/15): His two total tackles on the day (one solo, one assisted) included 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack for a loss of six yards; Bucknell (9/22): Registered a sack for the second straight game and third time in four contests … The sack was for a loss of nine yards and came on his only tackle of the night in a 49-7 win; at Stony Brook (9/29): Credited with a tackle for a loss of three yards; at Maine (10/6): Made a solo tackle and forced a fumble; James Madison (10/13): Recorded a solo tackle; New Hampshire (10/27): Had a solo tackle for a loss of two yards in the contest; at Richmond (11/3): Credited with two assisted tackles in a 45-21 win, including a pair of assisted sacks for a total loss of five yards; William & Mary (11/10): Blocked a punt attempt and made an assisted tackle in the game; at Delaware (11/17): Had two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of two yards, as the Wildcats closed out the season by beating Delaware 42-21 in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ game.
 
2017: Earned playing time on the defensive line and saw action in all 11 games with two starts as a true freshman … Led the team with two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries on the year … Ranked second on the team with three sacks, all solo efforts for a total loss of 22 yards … Recorded 15 total tackles, including nine solo stops and six assisted tackles … Credited with a quarterback hurry and two pass breakups; at Lehigh (9/2): Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening 38-35 win at Lehigh and recorded a solo tackle in the game; Lafayette (9/16): Recorded a solo sack for a loss of eight yards in a 59-0 win in the home opener against the Leopards; at Albany (9/23): Had a fumble recovery, an assisted tackle and a quarterback hurry against the Great Danes; at Towson (9/30): Had a strong game in the 24-9 road win, making a solo sack for a loss of nine yards while adding both a forced fumble and a fumble recovery; Elon (10/28): Registered a solo sack for a loss of five yards; Richmond (11/4): Earned his first collegiate start as a defensive end and was credited with two assisted tackles and a pass breakup; at Rhode Island (11/11): Started for the second straight game and had a season-high six tackles against the Rams while adding both a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … His four solo tackles were also a season best and he added two assisted stops; Delaware (11/18): Registered one solo tackle, one assisted stop and a pass breakup in the 28-7 win over the Blue Hens to close out the season.
 
Xavier High School: Earned three varsity letters in both football and basketball as well as two in rugby … Two-time all-league performer in football and was a two-year team captain … Helped his team win a 2015 City championship … Career football stats included 157 tackles, including 17 sacks, and five forced fumbles … As a basketball player was a two-time all-division honoree.
 
Personal: Born 1/28/99 … Youngest of four children of Rawle and Cherri Fisher … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 225 lbs
    92
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    2018Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 250 lbs
    92
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    2019Junior

    DL
    6'4" 255 lbs
    92
  • 92

    2020Senior

    DL
    6'4" 255 lbs
    92
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    2021Graduate Student

    DL
    6'4" 265 lbs
    92