Player profile

Age: 30 yr
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 212 lb
NFL Experience: 9 years
Birth Date: Apr 2, 1996
College: Ohio State
Draft: 2017
Draft Pick: R1 · #15

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 14/17
Total Contract: $5.0M
This Year: $6.6M
Per Game: $386K

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+36.8 vs NFL S97th percentile

Role+36.7 vs NFL S94th percentile

Experience+48.6 vs NFL S94th percentile

Prime+3.9 vs NFL S53rd percentile

Durability+15.8 vs NFL S68th percentile

Continuity+65.6 vs NFL S93rd percentile

Draft Pedigree+57.7 vs NFL S99th percentile

Contract Fit+16.7 vs NFL S85th percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Malik Hooker fits · Safeties

DAL safeties, last season vs this season — Malik Hooker is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Assistant Secondary: Robert Muschamp

#24Malik Hooker868414/179099829486$6.6M30.56'1"212

#13Caleb DownsDrafted, unsigned777210/1700507888—21.86'0"206

#1P.J. Locke534515/1765089960$4.0M29.65'10"202

#14Markquese Bell574513/17547778960$2.8M27.76'3"205

#11Alijah Clark394511/1771865840$1.0M23.26'1"187

#34Jalen Thompson543515/17890889644$4.6M28.25'11"190

Last season · 2025Assistant Secondary: Robert Muschamp

Malik Hooker868414/179099829486$6.6M30.56'1"212

Donovan Wilson818215/178599908812—31.66'0"204

Juanyeh ThomasUnknown627211/17407263960—26.36'3"217

Markquese Bell574513/17547778960$2.8M27.76'3"205

Julius WoodUnknown34459/171053930$1.0M25.46'1"194

Alijah Clark394511/1771865840$1.0M23.26'1"187

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“worked out an agreement to keep Hooker on the roster and still save about $2 million on the cap.”

ReportedDallas Cowboys official site

Transactions

Every tracked move involving this player, from the canonical transaction tracker.

#24Malik Hooker

Roster Value86

DAL

Dallas Cowboys restructure Malik Hooker's contract

Mar 10, 2026

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