Dallas Cowboys · FS (DB) · 6 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Ohio State (2017 Round 1, Pick 15)

Malik Hooker

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40.7

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #148 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 2715 solo · 12 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 00 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 00 forced fumbles
Coverage: 3 PD · 0 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 25642.7 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: +0.226Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Malik Hooker among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Hooker#14840.7

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 0.67 → Shrunk 40.19

34thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.01 → Shrunk 0.38

32thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.09 → Shrunk 5.18

54thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.3% → Shrunk 1.0%

30thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 3.9% → Shrunk 3.8%

47thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 7.0% → Shrunk 6.8%

62thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw +0.226 → Shrunk +0.076

7thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Malik Hooker. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	PD	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ NYG	L 20-28	1	1	0	12
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ HOU	W 34-30	7	5	2	40
Week 5	Oct 8, 2026	vs TB	L 16-24	5	3	0	49
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ GB	L 13-23	3	2	0	58
Week 7	Oct 26, 2026	@ PHI	W 38-21	4	1	0	45
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs ARI	L 30-33	7	3	1	52

College to the NFL: Ohio State to Dallas Cowboys

Verified identity bridge linking Malik Hooker's college regular-season tackles at Ohio State to official NFL game lines.

Ohio State (College tackles)

672016

1515th pick
2017 Draft

DAL (NFL tackles)

222017

422018

492019

72020

422021

572022

472023

722024

492025

272026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2017	IND	7	22	16	6	0	0	4	3	0	409
2018	IND	14	42	28	14	0	0	4	2	0	912
2019	IND	13	49	28	21	1	0	3	2	0	788
2020	IND	2	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	70
2021	DAL	15	42	28	14	1	0	2	1	0	446
2022	DAL	16	57	39	18	1	0	3	3	0	861
2023	DAL	16	47	24	23	1	0	3	1	1	826
2024	DAL	17	72	42	30	3	1	5	2	0	1,063
2025	DAL	12	49	25	24	2	0	1	0	0	594
2026 (so far)	DAL	6	27	15	12	0	0	3	0	0	256

Compare Malik Hooker with top defensive backs

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