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American football player (born 2003)

Malaki Starks
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Starks with the Georgia Bulldogs in 2023
Position	Safety
Class	Junior
Personal information
Born:	(2003-11-13) November 13, 2003 (age 21) Jefferson, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia (2022–present)
Bowl games	2022 Peach Bowl 2023 CFP National Championship 2023 Orange Bowl
High school	Jefferson (GA)
Career highlights and awards
CFP national champion (2022) First-team All-American (2024) Consensus All-American (2023) 2× First-team All-SEC (2023, 2024)
Stats at ESPN

William Malaki Starks (born November 13, 2003) is an American college football safety for the Georgia Bulldogs. He won a national championship in 2022.

Early life

Starks attended Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Georgia. A five star prospect, he was ranked by ESPN as the No. 12 recruit in college football's class of 2022. In October 2021, he committed to play college football for Georgia.

College career

As a true freshman, Starks emerged as Georgia's starting free safety, leading the defense in total snaps played, and finished second on the team in tackles. As a sophomore in 2023, he was named a consensus All-American.

References

"2022 ESPN 300". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
Goodin, Hannah (October 16, 2021). "Recruiting spotlight: Jefferson's Malaki Starks". Georgia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
Boyce, Hunter (December 15, 2021). "Georgia Bulldogs ink five-star prospect Malaki Starks". 11Alive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
"Malaki Starks Signs Letter of Intent". SI.com. December 15, 2021.
Austin, Brooks (October 17, 2022). "Georgia Breakout Players From First Half of the Season on Defense". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
James, John (January 5, 2023). "Freshman Malaki Starks becomes playmaker for Georgia defense". The Red & Black. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
Inabinett, Mark (December 16, 2023). "SEC Football by the Numbers: 2023 Consensus All-Americans". AL.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

External links

Georgia Bulldogs bio

v t e 2022 Georgia Bulldogs football—consensus national champions
Bear Alexander Robert Beal Jr. Carson Beck Dillon Bell Stetson Bennett Brock Bowers Javon Bullard Jalen Carter Chaz Chambliss Oscar Delp Jamon Dumas-Johnson Daijun Edwards Daylen Everette Dylan Fairchild Arik Gilbert Earnest Greene Julian Humphrey Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins Dan Jackson Kearis Jackson Broderick Jones Kamari Lassiter Zion Logue Trezmen Marshall Warren McClendon Ladd McConkey Kenny McIntosh Jackson Meeks Mekhi Mews Kendall Milton Amarius Mims Adonai Mitchell Smael Mondon Jr. Jack Podlesny Tate Ratledge Kelee Ringo Branson Robinson Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Arian Smith Chris Smith II Nolan Smith Tykee Smith Nazir Stackhouse Malaki Starks Gunner Stockton Brett Thorson Xavier Truss Sedrick Van Pran-Granger Brock Vandagriff Jalon Walker Darnell Washington Mykel Williams Jared Wilson Head coach: Kirby Smart Assistant coaches: Mike Bobo Fran Brown Mike Cavan Scott Cochran Buster Faulkner Todd Hartley Jonas Jennings Jarvis Jones Bryan McClendon Dell McGee Todd Monken Will Muschamp Glenn Schumann Tray Scott Stacy Searels Chidera Uzo-Diribe

2022 Georgia Bulldogs football—consensus national champions

Head coach: Kirby Smart

v t e 2023 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Jayden Daniels RB Ollie Gordon II RB Cody Schrader WR Marvin Harrison Jr. WR Malik Nabers WR Rome Odunze TE Brock Bowers C Jackson Powers-Johnson OT Joe Alt OT Olu Fashanu OG Cooper Beebe OG Zak Zinter
Defense	DE Jonah Elliss DE Laiatu Latu DT Jer'Zhan Newton DT T'Vondre Sweat LB Payton Wilson LB Dallas Turner LB Edgerrin Cooper CB Cooper DeJean FS Malaki Starks SS Xavier Watts
Special teams	K Graham Nicholson P Tory Taylor AP Travis Hunter

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