Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Ohio State
Marcus Hooker
DB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • New Castle, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Hooker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Marcus Hooker built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from New Castle, PA wearing No. 23, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Marcus Hooker's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Marcus Hooker, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Ohio State. Marcus Hooker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Marcus Hooker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · New Castle · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- New Castle · 4 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DB 577th (top 63%) · Big Ten 293rd (top 47%) · National 2,848th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 5 | 15 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.1 |
Related Context
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Marcus Hooker played DB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcus Hooker recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 3 primary output with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
9.4
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
25 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/9 | @ Ohio State | — | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcus Hooker story
Marcus Hooker built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from New Castle, PA wearing No. 23, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Marcus Hooker's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Hooker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ohio State
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 18.5 | 3.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Ohio State | 0 | 9.4 | 1.3 | -3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 9 · W 38-25 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Michigan
Week 14 · W 56-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 14 · W 52-12 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
23.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 8 · W 52-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 2
0
Havoc Plays
12.5 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
3 primary output · 18.5 efficiency · 3.4 usage
40.1
#2
2021 Postseason · Ohio State
40.1
0 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
40.1
0 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 1.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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