2022 Football Roster

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32 Jessie Malit

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 250
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Concord, N.C.
  • High School Cox Mill HS
  • Prev School NC State Univ.

Biography

Jessie Malit - NCCU Football2021 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
  • Voted All-MEAC Third Team.
  • Collected 28 tackles with 5.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage.
  • Tied for the team lead and ranked fifth in the league with 3.5 sacks.
  • Posted a season-high 6 takedowns with a sack against Winston-Salem State (Sept. 18).
  • Tallied 5 stops with a sack versus South Carolina State (Oct. 30).
2019 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
  • Started all 12 games at defensive end.
  • Recorded 26 tackles with 5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
  • Registered a season-high 4 tackles (3 solo) with 1.5 sacks at Howard (Nov. 2, 2019).
  • Collected a season-high 4 tackles (3 solo) with a takedown for a loss at Florida A&M (Oct. 5, 2019).
OTHER AT NCCU
  • Surprised on Good Morning America for his book drive initiative to create a library in his mother’s home village in Kenya. (Aug. 27, 2021) STORY 
  • One of only 22 college football players in the nation to earn distinguished recognition as a member of the 2021 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. (Sept. 24, 2021) STORY 
  • Announced as the winner of the 2020-21 STATS Perform FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award, presented to the nation's top FCS student-athlete who excels both in the classroom and in the community. (May 5, 2021) STORY 
  • Selected as one of the 2021-22 Newman Civic Fellows, as a community-committed student who is a change-maker and public problem-solver.
  • Spearheaded the NCCU E.A.G.L.E.S. (Educated Actions Generate Lifelong Empowerment & Success) Vote initiative and the March to the Polls event. (Fall 2020)
  • Pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with a concentration in Pre-Law and Theory.
  • Volunteered at a battered women's shelter and led his church youth group in providing food and shelter for homeless men in his hometown of Concord, N.C.
  • Volunteered at the Food Bank of North Carolina and local elementary schools, and advocated for support for poverty issues including housing, food security and quality education in Durham, N.C.
  • Serves as the NCCU SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) Vice President. 

TRANSFER - N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Member of the NC State football program in 2017 and 2018.

MEDIA COVERAGE
  • GMA surprises NCCU football player Jessie Malit for going above and beyond (GMA) VIDEO (WTVD) VIDEO & STORY
  • NCCU Football Jessie Malit Stats Perform Award Portrait Unveiling VIDEO
  • NCCU’s Malit Receives National FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award STORY 
  • NCCU’s Malit Announced as Campbell Trophy Semifinalist STORY 
  • NCCU Athletics "Black Lives Matter" March to the Polls for 2020 Election VIDEO 
  • NCCU’s Malit Named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team (Sept. 24, 2021) STORY 
 

Jessie Malit - 2020-21 STATS Perform FCS Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 91

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 235 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 235 lbs
    91
  • 32

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 235 lbs
    32
  • 32

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 250 lbs
    32