Jersey #: 37 (2018-19), 10 (2017), 37 (2016)

Major: Biology (2017-19)

Weight: 245 (2016-19)

2019 Media Guide: Derrick Malone was a Huntington Bucks Go Pro intern this past summer with the athletic department’s digital media team.

2018 Media Guide: Derrick Malone is one of those warrior types who walked onto the team and is now in his fourth year of providing effort and toughness and helping to make this program better … he is a true senior.

2017 Media Guide:  Derrick Malone is in his third season with the Ohio State program.

2016 Media Guide: Derrick Malone is a true sophomore who is in his second season with the Ohio State football program after initially walking-on to the team in the fall of 2015.

High School: A defensive end and tight end at Thurgood Marshall under coach Bobby Brown, Malone is strictly a tight end as a Buckeye … Malone competed in cross country, track and field, basketball and football at Thurgood Marshall … he helped the basketball team reach the OHSAA Division II final four in 2014 … he was named all-Southwest Ohio Public League in both track and football and was a captain for both teams as a senior … graduated third in his class and served as class vice president.

Personal: He is the son of Kristel and Derrick Malone … has two sisters, Dernae and Zoey, and one brother, Derkar Jenkins.