2022 Football Roster

Georgia State Athletics
Ben Ennis
Ben Ennis
Ben Ennis
Michael Wade
Ben Ennis
Bob McCool
TODD DREXLER/SESPORTSMEDIA.COM
Ben Ennis

62 Malik Sumter

  • Position Center
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 285
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Irmo, S.C.
  • High School Dutch Fork

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2018-19, 2020-21
• Dean’s List, Spring 2019
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2020

ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2022 All-Sun Belt Conference (second team)
• 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference (second team)
• 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)
• 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)

AT GEORGIA STATE: Four-time All-Sun Belt Conference center ... Five-year starter who returned for an extra year of eligibility in 2022 ...  Third in school history in games played (58) and games started (53), while his 53 consecutive starts are the school record ... Helped the GSU offense average 221 yards rushing over his last four seasons, including a school 241.6 yards per game in 2019 ... Part of school-record seasons for scoring (2020), total offense (2019) and rushing (2019) ... Starting center for the top four rushing seasons in program history ... Voted a team captain in 2021 and 2022.
    
2022: Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Started all 12 games and paved the way for the No. 14-ranked rushing offense in FBS with 214.3 yards per game ... 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt 2and member of the preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Rimington Trophy ... Team captain.
    
2021: Second-team All-Sun Belt ... Team captain ... Center of a GSU line that paved the way for the No. 8 rushing attack in FBS, averaging 226.4 yards per game ... Started one game at left guard in place of injured starter Shamarious Gilmore vs. App State (2021).
    
2020: All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention) for the second straight year ... Named to the Watch List for the Rimington Trophy as the nation’s top center ... Started every game for an offense that averaged a school-record 33.3 points per game and 424.3 yards of total offense per game ... Helped GSU rank No. 13 in FBS in fewest sacks allowed. 

2019: Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt recognition ... Key member of a GSU offensive line that helped the Panthers set school records for rushing yards (3,141), rushing touchdowns (30), total offense (5,818), first downs (305), touchdowns (53) and points (406) ... Helped the Panthers rank No. 13 in FBS with 241.6 rushing yards per game, including school-record games against Arkansas State (340 yards), Coastal Carolina (350 yards), Troy (390 yards) and ULM (414 yards) ... Blocked for Sun Belt rushing leader Tra Barnett (111.8 ypg/No. 11 FBS).
 
2018: Took over as the starting center following season-ending injury to Jamal Paxton and started the final five games ... Played in 10 games on the season after seeing his first action off the bench in Game 3 at Memphis ... Helped set then-school records for rushing yards (2,057) and rushing touchdowns (21) ... The Panthers rushed for over 200 yards in three of his five starts ... Signed with the Panthers in 2017 and took a redshirt year.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the American Family Insurance ALL-USA South Carolina Football Team ... Played both offensive and defensive line for 2016 state champion Dutch Fork High School, which went 15-0 … Region 5-5A Offensive Player of the Year … Three-time all-region ... Selected for the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team ... Made 35 tackles with five tackles for loss on defense ... Four-year letterwinner for coach Tom Knotts.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Malik Antwan Sumter ... Born April 10, 1999 ... Parents are Rochelle and Bernard Sumter Sr.

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 62

    2017Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'1" 285 lbs
    62
  • 62

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Center
    6'1" 285 lbs
    62
  • 62

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Center
    6'1" 295 lbs
    62
  • 62

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Center
    6'1" 295 lbs
    62
  • 62

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Center
    6'1" 285 lbs
    62
  • 62

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Center
    6'1" 285 lbs
    62