Player Dossier

2021-2025

Ohio State

Tywone Malone Jr.

DT • 6'4" • 309 lbs • Oradell, NJ, USA

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Tywone Malone Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ole Miss • Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Tywone Malone Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Oradell, NJ wearing No. 95, spending time with Ohio State and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Tywone Malone Jr.'s career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9707

Bergen Catholic · Oradell, NJ

Committed To
Ole Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Tywone Malone Jr., DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss. Tywone Malone Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
50
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Tywone Malone Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · DT
Career Tackles
50
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
4-star · Bergen Catholic · Ole Miss
High school pipeline
Bergen Catholic · 37 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
26 tackles · DT 59th (top 26%) · Big Ten 195th (top 25%) · National 1,671st (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss1311--061.9
2022 Regular SeasonOle Miss58-011025.9
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State450.50--011.3
2024 PostseasonOhio State61-0--015.9
2024 Regular SeasonOhio State6710--015.9
2025 PostseasonOhio State111-0--035.6
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State1125-012035.6

Related Context

Tywone Malone Jr. played DT for Ole Miss and Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tywone Malone Jr. recorded 50 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Ole Miss paired 2 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ole Miss, Ohio State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

2.5

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Ohio: 0. Washington: 0. Minnesota: 1. Illinois: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Penn State: 1. UCLA: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Indiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 9 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Penn State

Result
Thu 1/1vs MiamiL 14-2411000
Sun 12/7vs IndianaL 10-1311000
Sat 11/29@ MichiganW 27-941000
Sat 11/22vs RutgersW 42-931000
Sun 11/16vs UCLAW 48-1010000
Sat 11/1vs Penn StateW 38-1430000
Sat 10/18@ WisconsinW 34-022001
Sat 10/11@ IllinoisW 34-1644000
Sat 10/4vs MinnesotaW 42-310001
Sat 9/27@ WashingtonW 24-631000
Sat 9/13vs OhioW 37-931000

Player Story

Tywone Malone Jr. story

Tywone Malone Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Oradell, NJ wearing No. 95, spending time with Ohio State and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Tywone Malone Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Tywone Malone Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ole Miss

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ohio State

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonOle Miss232.55.8
2022 Regular SeasonOle Miss210.71.60
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State0.56.51.7-1.5
2024 PostseasonOhio State17.32.10.5
2024 Regular SeasonOhio State17.32.10
2025 PostseasonOhio State312.62.52
2025 Regular SeasonOhio State312.62.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 4 · W 49-14

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Austin Peay

Week 2 · W 54-17

2

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 15 Penn State

Week 10 · W 38-14 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Central Arkansas

Week 2 · W 59-3

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 85 Wisconsin

Week 8 · W 34-0 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Ole Miss

2 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage

61.9

#2

2025 Postseason · Ohio State

35.6

3 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Ohio State

35.6

3 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games