Defensive back, Iowa, 2016–18
Amani Hooker
- Number
- No. 27
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Minneapolis, MN
- Born
- Jun 14, 1998, in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Amani Hooker played defensive back at Iowa (2016–18). The Tennessee Titans took Hooker in round 4, No. 116 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Penn State, 2017Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 Iowa 13 games, 65 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 33–7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Iowa State | W 13–3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Northern Iowa | W 38–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Wisconsin | L 17–28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | at Minnesota | W 48–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | at Indiana | W 42–16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Maryland | W 23–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | at Penn State | L 24–30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at Purdue | L 36–38 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Northwestern | L 10–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at Illinois | W 63–0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Nebraska | W 31–28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Mississippi State | W 27–22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Iowa 8 games, 56 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. North Texas | W 31–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Penn State | L 19–21 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | at Michigan State | L 10–17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Illinois | W 45–16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atNorthwestern | L 10–17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Minnesota | W 17–10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Ohio State | W 55–24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Boston College | W 27–20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Iowa 4 games, 4 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅜″ |
| Weight | 210 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 72⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.48 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 sW |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ |
| Bench press | 14 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.81 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.10 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 94 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tennessee Titans | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 46 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Tennessee Titans | 12 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 9 | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Titans | 13 | 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Tennessee Titans | 14 | 66 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 81 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Tennessee Titans | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 94 | 420 | 1 | 13 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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