Malik Hooker is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Hooker in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hooker's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

FSDAL#28ACT

Malik Hooker

Top 22% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2022

Height6'1"

Weight212 lb

BornApr 2, 1996

Age30

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 1, Pick 15 · IND

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 106 · #1037 · High-Value

Worth 106 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 23% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.1

Avg surplus

peak +23

7 seasons × ~15.1 surplus ≈ VORP 106

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2017	—	IND	7	—	21	15	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	409	83.6%	27	26.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	IND	13	—	42	28	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	912	97.2%	10	9.3%	19	14	0.7	111.1	18.8	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2019	—	IND	12	—	49	28	21	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	788	93.2%	22	11.7%	25	19	0.8	110.8	12.3	0	0	0	0	8	0.1
2020	—	IND	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	70	68.5%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	158.3	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2021	—	DAL	15	—	42	28	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	446	42.7%	12	8.2%	28	16	0.6	80.8	9.6	0	0	0	4	6	0.1
2022	—	DAL	15	—	57	39	18	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	3	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	861	79.9%	35	13.2%	27	20	0.7	82.9	8.0	0	0	0	2	7	0.1
2023	—	DAL	14	—	47	24	23	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	826	82.5%	—	0.0%	23	13	0.6	84.1	13.0	0	0	0	4	4	0.1
2024	—	DAL	17	—	72	42	30	3	1	0.0	4.0	2	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,063	96.4%	—	0.0%	40	25	0.6	82.4	12.1	2	1	1	4	6	0.1
2025	—	DAL	12	—	49	25	24	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	594	79.2%	2	6.0%	28	19	0.7	131.7	14.3	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
Career		—	107	—	386	234	152	10	1	0.0	11.0	14	25	1	4	1	0	—	0.0%	5,969	80.3%	108	12.5%	191	127	—	—	—	2	1	1	16	40	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2017	21	IND	7	6*	21	15	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	4	0	—	0	5.3
2018	22	IND	13	13*	42	28	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	0	1	0	5.9
2019	23	IND	12	12*	49	28	21	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	3	0	1	0	5.6
2020	24	IND	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2021	25	DAL	15	0*	42	28	14	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	5.4
2022	26	DAL	15	13*	57	39	18	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	3	0	1	1	7.6
2023	27	DAL	14	13*	47	24	23	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	1	0	5.8
2024	28	DAL	17	16*	72	42	30	3	1	0.0	4.0	2	5	0	—	0	7.7
2025	29	DAL	12	10*	49	25	24	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	3.9
Career			107	83*	386	234	152	10	1	—	—	14	25	1	4	1	47.2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2017	21	IND	7	6*	—	0.0%	409	83.6%	27	26.7%
2018	22	IND	14	14*	—	0.0%	912	97.2%	10	9.3%
2019	23	IND	13	12*	—	0.0%	788	93.2%	22	11.7%
2020	24	IND	2	—	—	0.0%	70	68.5%	—	0.0%
2021	25	DAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	446	42.7%	12	8.2%
2022	26	DAL	16	13*	—	0.0%	861	79.9%	35	13.2%
2023	27	DAL	16	13*	—	0.0%	826	82.5%	—	0.0%
2024	28	DAL	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,063	96.4%	—	0.0%
2025	29	DAL	12	10*	—	0.0%	594	79.2%	2	6.0%
Career			112	84*	—	—	5,969	—	108	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	22	IND	14	14*	19	14	0.7	111.1	18.8	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2019	23	IND	13	12*	25	19	0.8	110.8	12.3	0	0	0	0	8	0.1
2020	24	IND	2	—	1	1	1.0	158.3	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2021	25	DAL	15	0*	28	16	0.6	80.8	9.6	0	0	0	4	6	0.1
2022	26	DAL	16	13*	27	20	0.7	82.9	8.0	0	0	0	2	7	0.1
2023	27	DAL	16	13*	23	13	0.6	84.1	13.0	0	0	0	4	4	0.1
2024	28	DAL	17	16*	40	25	0.6	82.4	12.1	2	1	1	4	6	0.1
2025	29	DAL	12	10*	28	19	0.7	131.7	14.3	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
Career			105	78*	191	127	—	—	—	2	1	1	16	40	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 44.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2017bestavg 61elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:0.854See leaderboard →

Disruption/1000.854Snap share80.3%Def snaps5,969ReliableCV 0.38

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl19Solo9Ast10

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #15

#7Mike WilliamsWR #8Christian McCaffreyRB #9John RossWR #10Patrick MahomesQB #11Marshon LattimoreCB #12Deshaun WatsonQB #13Haason ReddickOLB #14Derek BarnettDE #16Marlon HumphreyCB #17Jonathan AllenDE #18Adoree' JacksonCB #19O.J. HowardTE #20Garett BollesOT #21Jarrad DavisMLB #22Charles HarrisLB #23Evan EngramTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Malik inherited the Dallas Cowboys DB room from Jayron Kearse (2021–2023), and handed it to DaRon Bland (2022–2025).

Darren Woodson 1992–2003Brock Marion 1993–1997Deion Sanders 1995–1999George Teague 1996–2001Izell Reese 1999–2001Duane Hawthorne

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2021team change
Joined DAL (from IND)
2017draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 212 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	DAL	0	W1Questionable· IllnessW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Ankle / Illness
2022	DAL	0	W8Questionable· Hamstring
2019	IND	2	W4Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW7Doubtful· KneeW9Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· FootW16Questionable· Hand
2018	IND	1	W8Out· HipW11Questionable· Hip / IllnessW19Questionable· Foot

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 66

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2017

B2018

B2019

C+2021

B+2022

C+2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

79%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2017	3	0.4	5+2	0.3
2018	2	0.2	2	0.1
2019	2	0.2	2	0.1
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	2	0.1	2	0.1
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

106 career value over replacement — #1037 all-time of 4,642. 13.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · IND · 2017 · +5.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

57.5 expected · Δ+5.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #15

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator