Norfolk State University Athletics

2017 (Junior)
Started nine times in the 10 games in which he saw action … Missed the Delaware State game due to injury … Amassed 29 tackles, two for loss, and 1.5 sacks on the year … Had a career-high six tackles, including half a sack, in the season-opener against Virginia State … Also made six tackles against Florida A&M … Made five stops, half for a loss, against North Carolina A&T … Had two tackles and a sack at Howard.

2016 (Sophomore)
Started five times at defensive end in the 10 games in which he played … Posted 16 total tackles, three for loss, with two sacks for the year … Also blocked one field goal and had two quarterback pressures … Had his most productive game of the season in the win over Morgan State … Recorded a season-high four tackles and two sacks in addition to blocking a 50-yard field goal in the second quarter … The MSU game marked the first two-sack game of his career … Had one tackle for loss against N.C. Central … Was in on three tackles against Bethune-Cookman.

2015 (Freshman)
Played in 10 games and started twice as a redshirt freshman … Started early-season games at Old Dominion and Marshall … Tallied 17 tackles, three for loss, with one sack for the year … Recorded two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and also blocked a punt which he returned for a touchdown … Named the MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week after the ODU game, when he blocked a second-quarter ODU punt and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown … Also registered five tackles, one for loss, with a forced fumble and a QB pressure against ODU … Made four assisted tackles at Marshall with one QB hurry … Had one solo tackle for loss against N.C. A&T … Finished with four tackles (career-high three solo) and one sack at Bethune-Cookman … Made two tackles against N.C. Central before leaving the game with an injury … Missed the Savannah State game the following week, but played in the last two games.

2014 (Redshirt)
Redshirted the season … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.

High School
Played football all four years and also was a two-year letterwinner in wrestling … Made 57 tackles and five sacks as a senior … Posted a 35-6 record in wrestling his senior year and was 32-3 as a junior ... Graduated from Maury in 2013 before sitting out a year.

Personal
Hadji Malik Gaylord was born on June 3, 1994 … Son of Darnell Gaylord and Deidre Lewis … Majoring in sociology.

Gaylord’s Career Highs
Tackles: 6 (2x, last vs. Florida A&M, 10-7-17)
TFL: 2.0 (vs. Morgan State, 10-29-16)
Sacks: 2.0 (vs. Morgan State, 10-29-16)
FF: 1 (at Old Dominion, 9-12-15)