Tywone Malone
Tywone Malone
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Michigan — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 26 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 50 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 24–6
at Washington
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
How he plays
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ohio State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Defensive tackle · Ohio State · editorial
Returning around him
- 11 Ohio State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -20 net (17 in / 37 out)
2026 Award watch
- Outland
- Bednarik
Ohio State · Last season: 12-2 (AP #3) · Talent rank #3 · 2026 recruiting class #4
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Langham’s 2023 season.
Matches Malik on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Deandre Jules's graduate season at South Carolina (2024).
Matches Deandre on