#52 Princeton Malbrue Season 2025
2024 LSU Graduate – Sport Administration
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southland Conference Academic Honor Roll
2020 Southland Conference Academic Honor Roll
Enters fourth season with the Tigers in 2025 … Suffered season-ending knee injury in 2024 season-opener against USC … Expected to be at full strength for the 2025 season … Has established himself as a consistent contributor on LSU’s special teams unit after transferring from Northwestern State … Edge rusher on defense … … Transferred to LSU from Northwestern State following the 2021 season … Appeared in 19 games in 3 years at LSU, including all 13 in 2023 … Played a total of 26 games at the collegiate level (19 at LSU, 7 at Northwestern State) … 28 career tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack … Standout in the classroom as well … Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll three times … Brother played football at UL-Lafayette … Cousin Darnell Lazare played basketball at LSU … Graduated in May of 2024 with a degree in sport administration … Pursuing a Master’s degree in business administration.
JUNIOR SEASON (2024 at LSU)
Played in only 1 game … Suffered season-ending knee injury on special teams coverage in the season-opener at USC.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023 at LSU)
Played in all 13 games, seeing action as a regular contributor on special teams and in a backup role on defense … Tallied 11 tackles and combined for a tackle for loss against Georgia State … Had 2 tackles against Grambling, Auburn, Army, Alabama and Georgia State.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2022 at LSU)
Appeared in 5 games … Recorded 4 tackles, all coming against Southern in his LSU debut … Also played against Mississippi State, New Mexico, Tennessee and Florida.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (2021 at Northwestern State)
Appeared in 2 games … Recorded 5 tackles … Had 3 tackles vs. Alcorn State and followed that with 2 tackles against UT-Martin.
TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON (Spring 2021 at Northwestern State)
Played in 5 games during the spring of 2021 … FCS season moved to spring due to Covid-19 … Played in 5 games, starting first 3 … 8 total tackles to go with 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack … Had 2 tackles for loss and a sack against McNeese … 3 tackles against Nicholls.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Lafayette Christian … Rated with 3 stars by 247Sports.com … Recorded 103 tackles (69 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 touchdown as a senior, helping Lafayette Christian win the state championship … Defensive MVP of state title game and was picked as the Defensive MVP on the Louisiana Sportsline All-State Team … Selected to the Acadiana Advocate All-Metro Small School Team and played in the Louisiana High School Coaches Association All-Star Game … As a junior notched 81 tackles (58 solo), 27 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, 4 fumble recoveries, 1 interception and 1 touchdown, earning second-team coaches all-state honors as LCA went 14-0 and won the state championship … Honorable mention all-state by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and was a second-team All-Acadiana selection … Played his first two seasons at Westminster Christian Academy, earning the team’s MVP honors as a sophomore when he also was named a Distinguished Christian High School Student Athlete … Earned Newcomer of the Year honors as a freshman at Westminster … Also lettered in basketball and baseball for four years while also picking up two letters in track and field … Second-team all-district basketball player as a sophomore at Westminster and won a state basketball championship as a junior at LCA … Member of the Beta Club and the National Honor Society … Two-year member of the National Society of High School Scholars.
Princeton Malbrue’s Career Highs
Tackles: 4 vs. Southern, 2022
Tackles for Loss: 2.0 vs. McNeese, Spring 2021 (at Northwestern State)
Sacks: 1.0 vs. McNeese, Spring 2021 (at Northwestern State)