Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-7vs UT Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#37
Maliek Hawkins
Redshirt freshman defensive back on West Virginia's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 192 lb · Dallas, TX · Emerson
Transferred Oklahoma → West Virginia for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 645 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on West Virginia's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2025.
- Transferred from Oklahoma to West Virginia in 2026.
- Michael Hawkins named WVU starter (Aug 28) Reported
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
28.3own fans
16.7national conversation
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In Their Words
228 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Maliek Hawkins
He got to West Virginia by way of Oklahoma. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against UT Martin, Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Oklahoma3-star out of Frisco Emerson
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
West Virginia
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to West Virginia
2025Oklahoma
2026West Virginia
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026West Virginia2-0HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | West Virginia | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 52–7
vs UT Martin
1 TOT
Dominant 45-point win at home against UT Martin.
With M. Hawkins Jr. — 155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 96 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · D. Epps — 18 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
Background
2025 (Fr.) – Oklahoma Played defensive back for coach Brent Venables Redshirted Made an appearance against Kent State Enrolled at OU in January 2025 High School Played cornerback for coach Kendall Miller at Emerson High Earned All-Frisco-ISD First-Team defensive honors Totaled 28 tackles, an inte...
The secondary · West Virginia
- #8Kamari Wilson78 tackles · 2025
- Andrew Powdrell63 tackles · 2025
- #22Jaire Rawlison52 tackles · 2025
- #7Chams Diagne25 tackles · 2025
- #37Maliek Hawkins2 games · 2026
22 more on the roster · West Virginia team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology