Malone is the first ACU quarterback to lead the Wildcats to the post-season since John Mayes in 1977, and only the fifth quarterback (Ted Sitton in 1950, Clint Longley in 1973, Jim Reese in 1976 and Mayes in 1977) in program history to play in the post-season. Malone is one of the top returning quarterbacks in the nation, regardless of division. His 2006 yardage total of 3,136 yards is the 10th-highest total among returning quarterbacks in all of college football. He enters the 2007 season (with two years of eligibility remaining) as the school's seventh all-time leading passer, and has a chance to be the school's all-time leader in passing yards, completions, attempts, touchdown passes and total yards.

2006 (Sophomore):
Malone posted one of the best seasons in ACU football history, completing 245 of 386 passes for 3,136 yards and 27 touchdowns, while throwing only six interceptions. He was named first team all-Lone Star Conference South Division, first team NCAA all-Southwest Region by Don Hansen's Football Gazette, second team NCAA all-Southwest Region by Daktronics, and he was a regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy. Malone directed an ACU offense that was third in NCAA Division II football in passing offense (296.8 yards per game), fourth in total offense (434.2 ypg), sixth in scoring offense (35.5 points per game), and first in fewest fumbles (three) and fewest overall turnovers (nine). Individually, Malone was fourth in the passing yards per game (285.1 ypg), fourth in total passing yards (3,136), fifth in total offense (282.5 ypg), and 13th in passing efficiency rating (151.7). His 245 completions were 17 more than the old record (228 by Rex Lamberti in 1985), and his 27 touchdowns were the most by an ACU quarterback since Lamberti threw 28 in 1993. Malone's 386 attempts are fourth on the single-season list, and his yardage total (3,136) is second on the all-time list behind the 3,167 yards that Longley posted in 1973. Malone might have broken the record if he had been able to play most of the fourth quarter and overtime against West Texas A&M in the Wildcats' 30-27 overtime loss to the Buffs in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. Unlike his redshirt freshman 2005 season when Malone was inconsistent in his first action since 2001, Malone was a force for the Wildcats week-in-and-week-out in 2006. He had five 300-yard games, and in a 41-38 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville in Week 9, he threw for 404 yards, becoming the first Wildcat quarterback since John Frank in 1998 to throw for more than 400 yards in a game. That 404-yard effort was only the 11th such game by an ACU quarterback in more than 80 years of ACU football. After just two seasons, Malone is third in school history with seven 300-yard passing games, coming in just behind Jim Lindsey (14) and Lamberti (10). Malone was the driving force behind ACU's 7-0 start to the season, the first such start to a Wildcat football season since 1950 when the Wildcats finished 11-0 to record the first and only unbeaten, untied season in school history. He posted the best game of his career and one of the best games by a Wildcat quarterback in program history on Oct. 19 when he led the Wildcats to a 49-33 come-from-behind win over West Texas A&M in front of more than 13,000 fans at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon and a national television audience on CSTV. In that game, Malone completed 23 of 36 passes for 388 yards and six touchdowns, and had scoring passes of 67 yards and 84 yards to John Brock. The six touchdown passes tied the LSC and ACU single-game record. Malone was the LSC South Division Offensive Player of the Week and the national player of the week by several outlets after that game. Two weeks later at Texas A&M-Kingsville, Malone led a Wildcat offense that posted 554 yards in a wild affair in south Texas. ACU led by as many as 10 points in the contest, but watched Kingsville rally to take a 28-24 lead. But Malone led ACU to 14 straight points to help it regain a lead, only to see the Javelinas tie the score at 38-38 with 1:03 to play. However, Malone led a six-play, 72-yard drive in the final 1:03 that culminated in a Matt Adams 25-yard field goal on the final play of the game to give the Wildcats a 41-38 lead. On the game-winning drive, Malone completed 4 of 5 passes for 72 yards, including a 34-yarder to Jerale Badon with less than 20 seconds to play that took the ball to the Javelinas' 8-yard-line with less than two seconds to play. In the Wildcats' playoff loss at West Texas A&M on Nov. 18, he completed 18 of 39 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns and had directed the Wildcats to a 20-6 lead early in the fourth quarter before he left the game with an injury. After two seasons, Malone is the school's all-time leader in completion percentage (60.2 percent), sixth in completions (371) and touchdowns (41), seventh in yards (4,885) and eighth in attempts (616).

2005 (Freshman):
Started eight games (played in nine) for the Wildcats in 2005, throwing for 1,749 yards, the sixth-best single-season total by an ACU quarterback since 1986. His 14 touchdown passes were the fifth-best single-season total in that same time frame. On Oct. 1, he threw for 343 yards in a loss at SoutheasternOklahoma State, and then the next week he threw for 354 yards in a loss at Angelo State, becoming the first ACU quarterback since John Frank in 1998 to have two 300-yard passing days in one season. Malone put his name in the ACU record book in the season-opener against Central Oklahoma when he hooked up with Robert Spells on a 92-yard scoring strike, tying a 1973 touchdown pass from Longley to Richard Williams for the longest run-pass play in ACU football history. Malone had five multiple-touchdown-pass games, including two games (vs. Central Oklahoma on Sept. 3 and vs. SE Oklahoma State on Oct. 1) with three touchdown passes. He threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns in ACU's loss to the UCO Bronchos, the fourth-best passing total by an ACU quarterback in his first start in school history.

Tulane:
Prior to 2005, Malone hadn't played football in four years after red-shirting at Tulane in 2002 and missing the 2003 and 2004 seasons with a medical condition. He was slated to be the backup quarterback at Tulane in 2003 behind future Buffalo Bills' first-round selection J.P. Losman, but he was not cleared to play. After leaving Tulane prior to the 2004 season, Malone looked into transferring to Tennessee or Virginia before transferring to ACU where he has received a clean bill of health.

High school:
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. He was one of the Austin American Statesman's top 55, and he was No. 28 on the Dallas Morning-News' top 100 area prospects. Prior to his senior season of 2001, Malone was rated the No. 7 quarterback in the state by Dave Campbell's Texas Football, and the No. 18 quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com. 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.

Personal:
10 April 1983. 2002 graduate of Paris North Lamar High School.