Malik Herring
Al'Malik Demichia Herring[1] (born November 9, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia and was signed by the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2021.
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 9, 1997 Forsyth, Georgia |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Mary Persons (Forsyth, Georgia) |
| College: | Georgia |
| Undrafted: | 2021 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Early life and education
Malik Herring was born on November 9, 1997, in Forsyth, Georgia. He attended Mary Persons High School there, becoming a four-star recruit following graduation. He was recruited to over twenty schools, choosing Georgia.[2] As a freshman in 2017, Herring played in all 15 games, recording seven total stops. He appeared in 14 games the following year, compiling 24 stops and two assisted sacks. He appeared in 12 of 14 games as a junior, starting nine. He was given Georgia's "Defensive Most Improved Player Award" following the season. He was starting defensive end for eight of the team's ten games as a senior. He finished the year with 20 tackles.[1]
Professional career
After going unselected in the 2021 NFL Draft, Herring was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs. He was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list to start the season, as he was recovering from a torn ACL suffered in practices for the college football Senior Bowl.[3][4]
References
- "Malik Herring - 2020 - Football". University of Georgia Athletics.
- "Chiefs UDFA Spotlight: Georgia DE Malik Herring". July 7, 2021.
- "Former Georgia DL Malik Herring suffers serious knee injury during Senior Bowl". Saturday Down South. January 28, 2021.
- "Chiefs place DE Malik Herring on non-football injury list, DB Armani Watts on PUP". July 24, 2021.
Further reading
- Sudge, Brandon (November 26, 2018). "Malik Herring 'blessed' to play in honor of late aunt during first career start". The Macon Telegraph. p. B1, B8 – via Newspapers.com.
- Seibel, Ron (August 14, 2016). "Herring aims to keep level head during big senior year". The Macon Telegraph. p. H4, H5 – via Newspapers.com.
- Sudge, Brandon (November 23, 2017). "Malik Herring seeing increased rotational role as freshman". Ledger-Enquirer – via Newspapers.com.
- Amato, Aldo Giovanni (June 21, 2016). "Four-star football recruit lists MTSU in top schools". The Daily News-Journal – via Newspapers.com.