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Tywone Malone

Senior defensive tackle on Ohio State's 2025 roster.

DT · Ohio State · Sr. · #95

6′4″ · 309 lb · Oradell, NJ

CFB Index 36 · #230 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Ohio State for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

26 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 3 tackles, vs Penn State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on Ohio State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2021.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Ohio State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Passes defended: 67th percentile.

The full scouting read

Tywone Malone

DT · Ohio State · Sr · #95

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Michigan — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #230 of 330?

Low confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

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

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #230 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #230 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #7 of 7 Big Ten DTs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ohio State	26	12	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2024	Ohio State	8	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
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		50	20	2.5	1.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 24–6

at Washington

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

With J. Sayin — 208 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.9 · 12 rush yds (4 car) · B. Inniss — 3 rec · 34 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 37-9vs Ohio	3	1	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-6@ Washington	3	1	—	0
Wk 6	W 42-3vs Minnesota	1	0	—	1
Wk 7	W 34-16@ Illinois	4	4	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 8	W 34-0@ Wisconsin	2	2	—	1
Wk 10	W 38-14vs Penn State	3	0	—	0
Wk 12	W 48-10vs UCLA	1	0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-9vs Rutgers	3	1	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-9@ Michigan	4	1	—	0
Wk 15	L 10-13vs Indiana	1	1	—	0
Bowl	L 14-24vs Miami	1	1	—	0
Total		26	12	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tywone Malone

2021

20234 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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