Abilene Christian's Profile for Billy Malone

Malone was one of the most highly sought-after quarterbacks in the state in February 2002 when he signed with Tulane after verbally committing to the University of Texas. He was on several state top 100 lists that recruiting season, and was listed by Rivals.com as the 18th-ranked quarterback in the nation. He was first team all-District 14-4A as both a quarterback and defensive back as both a junior and senior in 2000 and 2001. MVP of the Red River Valley his senior season. Named to the Houston Chronicle's Top 100 list of Texas high school recruits, and was also on the top 100 lists by the Dallas Morning-News and the Waco Tribune-Herald. Turned down scholarship offers from Texas, TCU, Iowa State, Tennessee, LSU, Colorado, SMU, Houston, Oklahoma State, Tulsa and Texas A&M to sign with Tulane where his brother, Gary, also signed. As a senior at Paris Lamar North HS, Malone complete a school-record 124 of 232 passes for 1,896 yards and 18 touchdowns with eight interceptions. Malone had 2,083 all-purpose yards as a senior to record his second straight 2,000-yard season. As a junior he passed for 1,649 yards and 15 touchdowns. Malone sat out two years at Tulane with a medical condition, and was scheduled to start after J.P. Losman graduated. Instead he was not cleared to play in time, so he transfered to D.II Abilene Christian, where he has been one of the most prolific QBs in D.II history over the past two seasons.

Big, solid, tough and fairly mobile. Very good arm strength.

Overaged. Medical history.

7th-UDFA

Your Projected NFL Draft Round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Undrafted

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