Malik Mustapha

2023 (Junior)
Named a team captain... Started in every game during the 2023 season for the Demon Deacons… Finished the season with 67 tackles including 36 solo tackles with 5.0 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sack, one interception, three pass breakups and one forced fumble… Led the team during the 2023 season in solo tackles (45)... Tied for second on the team with one forced fumble…Had two games with 10 or more tackles and nine games with five or more tackles… Set a season-high 13 tackles including nine solo tackles against Syracuse… Returned an interception for 50 yards in the win against Vanderbilt… Recorded a season-high 2.0 tackles-for-loss in the win against Elon… Invited to play in the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl game.

2022 (Sophomore)
Started in all 10 games he played in 2022, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Ranked fourth on the team in tackles, totaling 58 including 32 solo tackles while also having 8.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and two forced fumbles…Posted a career-high 13 tackles in the victory over Liberty while also having 2.0 sacks and a key forced fumble that led to the go-ahead touchdown…Tallied 10 tackles against Louisville including 1.5 tackles for loss…Had at least one tackle for loss in six of his 10 games including his final three games of the season…Totaled at least one tackle in all 10 games played…Has had at least one tackle in his last 21 games as a Demon Deacon and has had one or more tackle in 22 of 23 games played at Wake Forest.

2021 (Freshman)
Played in 13 games during the historic 2021 season that included ACC Atlantic Division and Gator Bowl titles...Finished the season with 37 total tackles including 28 solo tackles while also having 2.0 tackles for loss and two interceptions...Made his Wake Forest debut against Old Dominion where he tallied two unassisted tackles and one assisted tackle...Set a Wake Forest high with six tackles against NC State (11/13)...Posted interceptions in back-to-back games at Clemson and Boston College...Ended the year with 400 total snaps including a season-high 64 in a victory over No. 20 NC State

Prior to Wake Forest: 
Appeared in four games for Richmond in 2020-21 season … Tallied 17 tackles, including 13 unassisted … Recorded a career-high five tackles against Elon. 

High School: 
Played for head coach Andy Capone at Weddington High School in Charlotte … Led his team to a perfect 16-0 record in 2019 … Helped the Warriors earn a state title in 2019, blocking a kick in the second half of the championship game … Compiled 68 tackles as a senior, including 12 tackles for loss … Also recorded five interceptions to go along with 16 pass breakups in his final prep year … Was named First Team All-Conference as well as First Team All-State by the Associated Press.

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
7.0	2.0	52.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	29.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
3.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
2.0	0.0	37.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	28.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0