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Pronunciation:TIE-whan
• Tywone is in his third season with the Buckeyes after transferring to Ohio State from Ole Miss in June of 2023
• He is a senior academically and he has one season of eligibility
• Enters the 2025 campaign having played in 35 games, including 21 as a Buckeye, and has recorded 26 tackles and 3.5 tackles-for-loss with 2.0 of those TFLs quarterback sacks
• Played in 11 games along the defensive line for the 2024 CFP national champions and was in on eight tackles
• Played in 10 games for Ohio State in 2023 and was in on five tackles
• He is an OSU Scholar-Athlete who is majoring in human development and family services
Honors & Awards
2024: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic all-Big Ten Conference
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete
2022: Ole Miss Athletic Director's Honor Roll
More on Tywone
• Tywone played two seasons at Ole Miss - 2021 and 2022 - before transferring to Ohio State in the summer of 2023
• He played in 14 games for the Rebels, including 13 in 2022
• Was credited with 13 career tackles, including 2.0 quarterback sacks for losses totalling nine yards (vs. Austin Peay in 2021 and vs. Texas Tech in 2022)
• Recorded a career-best five tackles vs. Central Arkansas in 2022
• Tywone has a College World Series national championship ring as he was a member of the 2022 Ole Miss baseball team that won the CWS
• Played in 13 baseball games in 2022 and 2023, including seven in 2022
• Hit three home runs in those 13 games
• A four-star defensive tackle prospect by all the recruiting services in 2020 as a senior at Bergen Catholic and playing for Vito Campanile
• Ranked No. 45 on the ESPN 300 and tabbed the No. 62 overall prospect on the 247Sports Composite
• Also ranked as the No. 5 defensive tackle and an Under Armour All-American
• Missed much of his senior season because of an injury after recording 54 tackles, 16 tackles-for-loss and seven quarterback sacks as a junior
• Is the son of Debra Malone and Tywone Malone Sr., and he has one sister, Tyra
2025 Football Roster
Malone Jr., Tywone
Jersey Number 95
Tywone Malone Jr.
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 309
- Hometown:
- Jamesburg, N.J.
- Last School:
- Bergan Catholic/Ole Miss
- Year:
- Graduate Student
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