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Malik Hooker

Ohio State · Safety · 2014-16

TKL
74
INT
7
PD
4

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

Hooker was a unanimous All-American in 2016 and a first-team all-conference pick in 2016.

In 2016, Hooker recorded 74 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 7 interceptions.

Hooker was the No. 15 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 90 overall, the 3rd-highest safety rating at Ohio State since 1990 and No. 3 among all safeties of the 2015-2019 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2016
    • Unanimous All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2017
    • No. 15 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Malik Hooker season-by-season statistics at Ohio State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
2016745.547

Seasons with tracked stats at Ohio State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Ohio State Teammates

  1. 93Chase Young2017-19EDGE
  2. 91Ezekiel Elliott2013-15RB
  3. 91Nick Bosa2016-18EDGE
  4. 91Joey Bosa2013-15EDGE
  5. 90J.K. Dobbins2017-19RB
  6. 90Jeff Okudah2017-19CB
  7. 90Justin Fields2019-20QB
  8. 88Dwayne Haskins2016-18QB
  9. 86J.T. Barrett2014-17QB
  10. 86Denzel Ward2015-17CB

Full Ohio State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2015-2019 Era

  1. 91Grant DelpitLSU · 2017-19S
  2. 91Minkah FitzpatrickAlabama · 2015-17S
  3. 90Antoine Winfield Jr.Minnesota · 2016-19S
  4. 90Richie GrantUCF · 2017-20S
  5. 90DeShon ElliottTexas · 2015-17S
  6. 90Tedric ThompsonColorado · 2013-16S
  7. 90Derwin JamesFlorida State · 2016-17S
  8. 90Jabrill PeppersMichigan · 2014-16S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Malik Hooker) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.