Connor O’Gara grew up in Big Ten country, attended a Big Ten university, covered a Big Ten team and is now writing about all things Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition. After two surgeries, Malik Hooker didn’t get a chance to compete at the NFL Scouting Combine or at Ohio State’s pro day. Still, the former Buckeye safety figures to hear his name called early in the first round on draft night April 27. For that reason, he was invited to Philadelphia to take in the draft experience and walk on stage after being selected. Hooker will be in Pennsylvania on draft night, but he’ll be back in his hometown of New Castle. “Sadly, I won’t be attending,” Hooker said on PFT Live. “I’m gonna be staying at home and watching the draft with my family and the people that were around me before I turned into the player that I…
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