2025 Football Roster

12 Malique Leatherbury

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 160
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Salisbury, Md.
  • Highschool Wicomico HS

Biography

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025): Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American Second Team selection ... Preseason All-MEACĀ First Team as a return specialist ... Preseason All-MEAC Second Team as a wide receiver ...Ā Phil Steele's Preseason All-MEAC First Team punt returner and all-purpose specialist ...Ā Phil Steele's Preseason All-MEAC SecondĀ Team wide receiver ...

As a Redshirt Freshman (2024):Ā appeared in 12 gamesĀ ...Ā All-MEAC Second Team return specialist ... 17.9-yard average per punt return, which ranked second-best in the entire FCS ... had a 63-yard punt return during Morgan State's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory against Norfolk State (11/2) ... had 29 receptions for 250 yards, including a touchdown catch against South Carolina State (11/16) ...Ā MEAC All-Academic Team ...


2023: joined the team as a walk-on ...

High School:Ā was a three-sport standout athlete at Wicomico HS … two-time Bayside Conference Special Teams Player of the Year (2022, 2023) … Bayside All Conference 1st Team … First Team All State (2021-2022, 2022-2023) … Bayside Conference single season record-receiving yards 18.1 yds per reception (2023) … led MPSSAA in receiving yards (100.5 per game) … was also a member ot the basketball team … ran on the track & field team … Presidential Award recipient …

Personal:Ā  son of Tina Leatherbury … born April 6, 2005 … his hometown is Salisbury, Md. … pre physical therapy major … expected to graduate May 2027 … goes by ā€œJujuā€ …  his career ambition is to obtain my degree and work on becoming an athletic trainerĀ  … his biggest sports influenceā€œis my big cousin, Shane Leatherbury, because he pushes me to be the best student-athleteā€ … chose to attend Morgan State ā€œbecause it was close enough that my family would be able to see me play sports and I liked the atmosphere of the campus. It’s one big family.ā€ The athletic accomplishment he is most proud of is breaking a single-season record during my senior year in high school.ā€ … enjoys training youth in his hometown.

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2023Freshman

    WR
    5'9" 170 lbs
    83
  • 12

    2024Sophomore

    WR
    5'9" 160 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    WR
    5'9" 160 lbs
    12