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Maliek Hawkins
Freshman · West Virginia Mountaineers
Height6' 0"
Weight192 lbs
HometownDallas, TX
Unitdefense
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ClassRedshirt Freshman
High schoolEmerson
Previous schoolOklahoma
Official hometownDallas, Texas
2025 (Fr.) – Oklahoma
- Played defensive back for coach Brent Venables
- Redshirted
- Made an appearance against Kent State
- Enrolled at OU in January 2025
High School
- Played cornerback for coach Kendall Miller at Emerson High
- Earned All-Frisco-ISD First-Team defensive honors
- Totaled 28 tackles, an interception, four pass breakups and two fumble recoveries (one returned for touchdown) as a senior
- Season-high seven tackles against Walnut Grove and Melissa
- Had an interception and a pass breakup against Anna
- Recovered a fumble against Reedy and Argyle
- Helped Emerson High School to a Class 5A Division II playoffs appearance
- logged 33 tackles and four pass breakups as a junior as Mavericks finished 12-3 and made a Class 5A Division II state semifinals appearance
- Spent his first two years at Allen High School in Allen, Texas
- Also competed in track and field (long jump and 200-meter dash)
- Recorded a 23.96 in the 200 and a long jump of 21-3.5 as a junior in February 2024
- Four-star prospect by Rivals and a three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and On3
- Touted as the No. 31 cornerback prospect according to Rivals, No. 93 by 247Sports, No. 97 by On3 and No. 99 by ESPN
Personal
- Son of Michael Sr. and Annabelle Hawkins
- One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
- Father played cornerback for Oklahoma under head coach Bob Stoops in 2002 before spending multiple years in the NFL
- Brother, Michael Jr., is a quarterback for the WVU football team
- Majoring in sport management
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