Malik Hooker
| Ohio State Buckeyes No. 24 | |
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| Position | Safety |
| Class |
 Sophomore |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | New Castle (PA) |
| Personal information | |
| Place of birth | New Castle, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Malik Hooker is an American football safety for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Early years
Hooker attended New Castle High School in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He played basketball and two years of football in high school as a cornerback and wide receiver.[1] As a senior he was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Male Athlete of the Year.[2]
College career
After redshirting his first year at Ohio State in 2014, Hooker played in all 13 games in 2015, recording 10 tackles playing mostly special teams. As a redshirt sophomore in 2016 he took over as at free safety.[3][4] During the first game of the season he recorded his first two career interceptions.[5][6] On November 29, 2016, Hooker was name First Team All-Big Ten.[7]
References
- ↑ High school notebook: New Castle junior recruited for both basketball, football
- ↑ Male Athlete of the Year: In basketball or football, Malik Hooker was the man
- ↑ Mike White's Xtra Points: When Malik Hooker wowed Urban Meyer ... in basketball
- ↑ Is Malik Hooker next to win a starting job? 5 things to know about Ohio State's safety
- ↑ Tom Archdeacon: Mother, son make quite an impression in OSU opener
- ↑ Malik Hooker was never actually going to leave Ohio State: The real story of the rising Buckeyes safety
- ↑ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
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