[4] Malone played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic and the Hula Bowl following his senior year.

[4] He majored in education/sports management while at Texas, and earned his degree in social science from the University of Houston in 2002.

[4] Malone played five seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the second round - the 57th selection overall - by the Detroit Lions in 1994.

He was a True Value NFL Man of the Year semifinalist and was called on by the club to speak to many organizations.

[4] Beginning in 1997, Malone was a youth camp director and football coordinator at the Texas Sports Development Academy in San Antonio.

[4] In 2003, Malone served an NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Detroit Lions and also worked with wide receivers at North Dakota State University.

[6] In 2002 he was selected for the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches Coalition Academy and he and K-State quarterback Will Howard earned the Be the Match Champions Award from the Maxwell Football Club for spearheading the Wildcats’ effort for the Be the Match national bone marrow donor program.