Amani Hooker: DB · Iowa · #27.
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Amani Hooker
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three seasons in the Iowa secondary to date. The first one came in 2018: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 11 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 7 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-3vs Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-14vs Northern Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs No. 18 Wisconsin | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 48-31@ Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-16@ Indiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-0vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-30@ No. 17 Penn State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-38@ Purdue | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-14vs Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-0@ Illinois | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs Nebraska | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-22vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 36 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL65 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.7%
407 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa, 125 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #116 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
Next stop · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
