Malachi Hood

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Plainfield, IL, USA

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Malachi Hood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.

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Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

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Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Illinois

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Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Illinois
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

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Malachi Hood built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Plainfield, IL wearing No. 45, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Malachi Hood's career was his defensive production:...

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Latest team and position: Illinois · LB
Career Tackles: 58
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
Best season: 2024 Postseason · Illinois
Top game: Northwestern
High school pipeline: De La Salle · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 45 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank: 44 tackles · LB 335th (top 27%) · Big Ten 97th (top 13%) · National 794th (top 13%)

Malachi Hood played LB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malachi Hood recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.

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