#25

Maxen Hook

Former safety at Toledo. 2024: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

S · Toledo · Sr. · #25

6′0″ · 203 lb · New Palestine, IN

CFB Index 84 · #25 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamToledo 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2627 nationally · Signed with Toledo

Statement game16 tacklesvs Ohio (FBS) · L 7-24

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

MAXEN HOOK YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND!r/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Toledo. 2024: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 108 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Toledo, 344 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Toledo3-star out of New Palestine

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-MACthird

20229 games

All-MACfirst

20239 games

All-MACfirst

202412 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2627 national

CFB

College

Toledo

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jason Candle — 39-21 over that span.

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #25 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#14 / 2892 · 99th pct

Tackles#31 / 2892 · 99th pct

108

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	9.5	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	9.7	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #25 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #25 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Toledo	108	62	2.0	0.0	4	2	--
2023	Toledo	69	37	0.0	0.0	4	3	--
2022	Toledo	67	35	3.0	1.0	4	2	--
2021	Toledo	96	39	3.5	1.0	3	--	--
2020	Toledo	4	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		344	174	8.5	2.0	15	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 49–10

vs Duquesne

3 SOLO · 6 TOT

Dominant 39-point win at home against Duquesne.

With T. Gleason — 202 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.3 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Newton — 5 rec · 98 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week