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Position | Cornerback |
Class | Sophomore |
Personal information | |
Born: | September 14, 2004 |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | South Oak Cliff (Oak Cliff, Texas) |
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Malik Muhammad (born September 14, 2004) is an American football cornerback for the Texas Longhorns.
Muhammad attended South Oak Cliff High School in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas. [1] He had 60 tackles with two interceptions as a senior and 68 tackles and three interceptions with one returned for a touchdown as a junior. [2] He committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football. [3] [4]
Muhammad earned extensive playing time as a true freshman at Texas in 2023. [5] He scored his first career touchdown recovering a blocked punt against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry. [6]
The Oklahoma–Texas football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between border rivals Texas and Oklahoma. The two teams first played each other in 1900, and the rivalry has been renewed annually since 1929 for a total of 119 games as of 2023. The rivalry is commonly referred to as the Red River Shootout, the Red River Rivalry, or the Red River Showdown. The name refers to the Red River, which forms part of the border between Oklahoma and Texas.
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