Usage / Role
1%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Malik Hartford
S • 6'3" • 200 lbs • West Chester, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Malik Hartford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
4★
- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Malik Hartford, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State. Malik Hartford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 20
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Malik Hartford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · S
- Career Tackles
- 20
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lakota West · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Lakota West · 36 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · S 490th (top 87%) · Big Ten 598th (top 77%) · National 4,666th (top 76%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 6 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 17.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 7 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ohio State to UCLA | P4 to P4 | 76.6 | Jan 14, 2026 |
Malik Hartford played S for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Malik Hartford recorded 20 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Grambling
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 0. Ohio: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Grambling
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Ohio
Career Arc
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- 1
Ohio State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 10.3 | 1.5 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Indiana
Week 1 · W 23-3 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 10 · W 35-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
39.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas
Week 1 · W 28-14 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
16.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 6 · W 35-7 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
37.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Ohio State
33.4
2 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
17.3
1 primary · 6.2 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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