Darnell Malpress brings long, disruptive edge upside to MTSU
Darnell Malpress is a 6-foot-3, 218-pound redshirt freshman OLB for Middle Tennessee who arrived with a high-school résumé built on disruption: 41 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 14 hurries, three forced fumbles, and two pass breakups. His appeal is clear—he has the frame, burst, and edge-rush instincts to become a problem for quarterbacks, and his recruiting profile plus early player ratings point to real developmental upside. The caveat is that he’s still a projection piece, so the fit is best for a team that can develop a young, twitchy defender rather than demand instant star production.
