Ohio State Career Overview
• Led Ohio State in tackles as a junior (81) and senior (75) and finished career with 205 total tackles
• Outstanding senior season included 16.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks and four pass break-ups
• Only Andy Katzenmoyer (23 in 1996), Ryan Shazier (17 in 2012 and 22.5 in 2013) and Matt Wilhelm (19.5 in 2002) had more TFLs from the linebacker position than Harrison’s 16.5 in 2019
• Career statistics include 29.0 TFLs for 107 yards, 10.0 sacks and nine PBUs
• Played in 53 games over the past four seasons and started 28 times
• A force on three consecutive outright Big Ten championship teams (2017, 2018, 2019)
Honors and Awards
2019: First-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches)
2018: Honorable mention all-Big Ten (coaches and media)
2016: OSU Scholar-Athlete
More on Malik
• A terrific high school athlete who was a three-year starting quarterback for coach Byron Mattox at Walnut Ridge High School
• Played strong safety on defense and also
• Ranked by Rivals as the No. 44 athlete nationally and the No. 23 overall player in Ohio
• Scout listed Harrison as the No. 2 athlete in Ohio and No. 6 in the Midwest
• Had a fine senior year in which he passed for 1,161 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed for 897 yards and 15 scores
• Helped Walnut Ridge to its first basketball state tournament since 1971 in 2014-15 by averaging 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds for a 21-4 team
• Honorable mention all-state in basketball
• Is the son of Donetta and Charles Harrison.