Malachi Hood is a linebacker at West Virginia who has not played in West Virginia's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.
West Virginia lists 14 linebackers this season.
West Virginia is 5-3. Next: at Texas Tech, Sat Nov 7.
Hood ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Came to West Virginia by way of Illinois. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Northwestern — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs No. 21 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42@ Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-13vs Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-6vs Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 28 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Bowl · 2025
W 30-28
vs Tennessee · neutral site
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Tennessee at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups44 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Bret Bielema — 19-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #418 at the position.
The No. 1,136 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big 12 as a redshirt senior.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Bret Bielema and Rich Rodriguez.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to West Virginia
