Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · New Castle, PA
Malik Hooker: S · Ohio State · #24.
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Malik Hooker
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. On tape: 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Northwestern, Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 4 passes defended. 7 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ohio State | 74 | 43 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 7 |
| Career | 74 | 43 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 77-10vs Bowling Green | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-3vs Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-24@ No. 14 Oklahoma | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-0vs Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17vs Indiana | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-23@ No. 8 Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Penn State | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-20vs Northwestern | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 62-3vs No. 9 Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-3@ Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-16@ Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27vs No. 3 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 0-31@ No. 3 Clemson | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 43 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 7 | 4 |
Week 3 · 2016
W 45-24
at Oklahoma
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Oklahoma.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
7interceptionsTackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFL74 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 4 pass breakups · 7 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
41.5%
407 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
75.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
74 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Ohio State, 74 tackles — drafted at #15 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Urban Meyer.
Where he ended up · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
