West Virginia Mountaineers · LB RoomLB

#45 Malachi Hood

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Illinois (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'2" · 229 lbHometown  Plainfield, IL · Joliet Catholic

Depth-chart placement

Current role

WLB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Linebacker

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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LB room context

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Malachi Hood holds the WLB · Starter spot in West Virginia Mountaineers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WLB · StarterMalachi HoodStarter

MLB · StarterBen CutterStarter

WLB · BackupAshton WoodsBackup

MLB · BackupTyler StolskyBackup

Transfer history

2026Illinois→West Virginia Mountaineers

Background & career

Malachi Hood is a redshirt senior member of the West Virginia roster. He is from Plainfield, IL and attended Joliet Catholic. He joined the program as a transfer from Illinois. He was rated a 3-star recruit in the 2022 class.

Illinoisthrough 2025

West Virginia2026 — present

Previous schoolIllinoisRecruiting3-star · No. 1129 nationalOriginPlainfield, IL · Joliet Catholic