CFB Zeitgeist Score
37
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 67th percentile.
Tywone Malone
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
26 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Ohio State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Defensive tackle · Ohio State · editorial
Returning around him
- 31% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 11 Ohio State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -20 net (17 in / 37 out)
2026 Award watch
- Outland
- Bednarik
Ohio State · Last season: 12-2 (AP #3) · Talent rank #3 · 2026 recruiting class #4
DT · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN
Tywone Malone
- 4
- #95
- 6-4 | 309 lb
- Oradell, NJ
Heisman Heat
#3840
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9707 | No. 63 recruit | HighSchool | Ole Miss |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Ole Miss
Composite
0.9707
#63 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Tywone Malone
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Tywone Malone
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 11g
26Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
31Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 26): needs 27/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 26): needs 37/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Tywone Malone is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Ohio State's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
26 67th
SOLO
12 62nd
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 37-9vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-6@ Washington | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-3vs Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-16@ Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 34-0@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14vs Penn State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-10vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-9vs Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-9@ Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-13vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 14-24vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Ole Miss10-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 26 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 42 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 26 | #1609/4942 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 0.0 | #3020/4972 | 39th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 12 | #1735/4584 | 62nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort
37Mid-pack
Concern: tackles for loss (7th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DT · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Tywone MaloneOhio StateBlake FletcherAir Force· 65% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 61% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 58% sim
Passes defended
QB hurries
Tackles
Solo tackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Nose Anchor
Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malik Langham’s 2023 season.
Malik Langham
93%match
#2
Kevin Hester Jr.
93%
#3
Kevin Penn
92%
#4
Maverick Hansen
91%
#5
Kevin Penn
91%
Matches Malik on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Aaron Beckwith's graduate season at Massachusetts (2024).
Aaron Beckwith
91%match
#2
Jacob Bandes
90%
#3
Kyron Mims
88%
#4
Keanu Williams
85%
#5
Dion Wilson Jr.
81%
Matches Aaron on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.0%
408 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
62.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2022
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2025
Ryan Day
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOradell, NJ
Height6'4"
Weight309 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey95
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOhio State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State | DT4 | #3840 | #3451 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Ohio State | DT4 | #4686 | #4204 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | DT4 | #10210 | #10017 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | DT4 | #7350 | #7104 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | Big Ten | DT | 4 | No. 95 | 6-4 | 309 lb | Oradell, NJ |
| 2024 | Ohio State | Big Ten | DT | 4 | No. 95 | 6-4 | 309 lb | Oradell, NJ |
| 2023 | Ohio State | Big Ten | DT | 4 | No. 95 | 6-4 | 309 lb | Oradell, NJ |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | SEC | DT | 4 | No. 95 | 6-4 | 309 lb | Oradell, NJ |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | SEC | DT | 4 | No. 95 | 6-4 | 309 lb | Oradell, NJ |