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Malik Hooker turns heads with enormous hands, wingspan

Joe Maiorana / USA TODAY Sports

You know what they say about guys with big hands, right?

Big potential.

Ohio State safety Malik Hooker made the draft community swoon on Saturday when he measured at 6-foot-1, 206 pounds with 10 3/4-inch hands, 33 1/4-inch arms, and a 77 3/4-inch wingspan.

Those are huge hands for a safety, and that's an enormous wingspan.

Hooker intercepted seven passes in his sophomore season for the Buckeyes, and it's easy to see why when you consider how much ground he covers. Not only does he have sideline-to-sideline range, his impressive wingspan and hands allow him to snag passes other safeties can't reach.

If Hooker's medicals check out, he could be locked in as a top-ten pick.

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