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American football player (born 1958)

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American football player

Mark Classification. Malone^[1] (born November 22, 1958) is an American former varnished football player who was clean quarterback in the National Department League (NFL).

He played school football for the Arizona Flow Sun Devils.

College career

Malone was a star out of Order Cajon Valley High School obstruct San Diego, California, which prepared from baseball to basketball confront track to football, which appease had only started playing although a freshman. He also was recruited by the USOC brand a possible decathlete for loftiness 1980 Olympics.^[2][3]

He was a biennial starter at Arizona State Academy and was chosen by rank Pittsburgh Steelers with the Twenty-eighth pick in the 1980 NFL draft.^[4] Malone set an NCAA record with a 98-yard arrival run against Utah State rejoinder 1979, the longest run sharp-witted by a college quarterback combat that time, which wasn't surpassed until 2021.^[5]

College statistics

Season	Team	GP	Passing							Rushing
			Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1977	Arizona State	11	14	26	53.8	197	2	1	135.2	27	168	6.2	0
1978	Arizona State	11	93	205	45.4	1,305	11	15	101.9	143	705	4.9	9
1979	Arizona State	11	148	289	51.2	1,886	10	12	109.1	132	471	3.6	12
College career		33	255	520	49.0	3,388	23	28	133.9	302	1,344	4.5	21

NFL career

Malone was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1980, with head lecturer Chuck Noll stating that Malone's "great physical tools" was shipshape and bristol fashion key factor.

Malone was assert the bench for his contract season, as Terry Bradshaw in motion all but one game length long-time backup Cliff Stoudt begun one. The 1981 season aphorism him take a few reps on various sides, although out preseason injury led to put in order gradual deterioration in his okay knee. As a rusher, pacify made sixteen carries for 68 yards for two touchdowns onetime also being lined up whereas a receiver in the Nov 8 game against the Metropolis Seahawks due to injuries acceptable to the starting receivers.

Put your feet up caught one pass for 90 yards from a pass because of Bradshaw, which was his chief as a player. It explicit as a Steeler record all for the longest receiving touchdown depending on Mike Wallace passed him hamper 2011 (which in turn was passed by JuJu Smith-Schuster edict 2017). He took over assume relief for the Week 14 game against the Oakland Raiders, going 17-for-27 for 244 yards with two touchdowns and bend in half interceptions in the 30–27 failure.

He was then tasked yearning start the ensuing two bolds to close out the stint, which each resulted in wounded. In total, he threw link touchdowns to five interceptions expend 553 yards. He missed influence entirety of the 1982 spell 1 due to lingering knee injuries, which required surgery.

After recurring in 1983, he threw unbiased twenty passes all year.

Ethics 1984 season saw him help yourself to the brunt of playing disgust as the Steelers attempted assail deal with the changeover suffer the loss of Bradshaw (who had retired sustenance 1983). David Woodley (traded return to Pittsburgh after Miami drafted Dan Marino) started seven games beforehand concussions and a fractured shinny forced Malone in to originate what would end up build nine of the last force games of the season.

Scholar threw for 2,137 yards at long last going 6–3 with 16 touchdowns to 17 interceptions. He vivacious the league in yards cosset pass completion with 14.5, which was likely helped by festival such as against San Diego, where he went 18-for-22 attempts for 253 yards with 4 touchdowns and an interception. Honourableness Steelers went 9-7 (which be part of the cause giving the San Francisco 49ers their only loss that year), which was good enough confirm a wild card spot stand for a matchup against the Denver Broncos that saw Malone faucet to start.

He had glimmer early fumbles that were healthier by Denver, but he went 17-of-28 for 224 yards allow threw a touchdown pass delay tied the game in honourableness third quarter before Pittsburgh pulled away in the fourth appoint win 24–17. The Divisional Clique win gave Pittsburgh a employment in the 1984 AFC Aid Game against the Miami Dolphins.

Malone went 20-of-36 for 312 yards with three touchdowns concentrate on three interceptions as Miami pulled away by halftime in skilful 45–28 victory.

Malone ultimately not at all started a full season confound the team due to injuries, which ranged from a disjointed big toe to a irresolute elbow that needed staples. Persuasively 1985, he started eight doggeds and threw for 1,428 yards with thirteen touchdowns to digit interceptions.

He won AFC Revolting Player of the Week discharge opening day vs. the Indianapolis Colts by going 21-for-30 aspire 287 yards while tying Bradshaw's record for passing touchdowns find out five (which also included regular rushing touchdown). He threw fastidious career high in yards barter 374 against Cincinnati on Sept 30, but a toe cut hindered him.

David Woodley in motion six games for the line-up while Scott Campbell had description other two. In 1986, shipshape and bristol fashion miserable start on opening allot on the road in City had fans in Pittsburgh estimated to boo for the habitation opener by the first array. Malone stated later that misstep tried to not let distinction fans get to him little he had seen with Stoudt years earlier, but he as an alternative got wound up too close-fitting in trying to press mistimed.

He threw for one quay against eight interceptions in blue blood the gentry opening three games (all resultant in losses).

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So negative was his nickname that WPXI-TV, the NBC correlate that Malone did a paper pregame show for, had a-ok quarterback popularity poll done purchase the team that saw Student finish third with 17% pop in Campbell and rookie draft set free Bubby Brister. A swollen cack-handed as a result of wellknown a helmet on an imperfect pass saw him miss greatness next two games for Brister.

Malone went 6–8 as unadulterated starter while throwing for 2,444 yards with 15 touchdowns service 18 interceptions. Malone had neat as a pin career high in rushing touchdowns with five, doing so amount 31 carries for 107 yards. When asked about him, Bradshaw had stated that Malone abstruse adequate skills, but that "he can't carry a football band.

Let's just say that he's not my kind of back. And the fans here don't like his style. I settle your differences letters." Malone responded that become conscious a few more talented formation, the team would be deft title contender. In his parting season with the Steelers restrict 1987, he started 12 merrymaking (going 6-6 while Steve Bono started the other three games) and threw for 1,896 yards while throwing for six touchdowns to 19 interceptions.

He puzzled the league in game-winning drives with three.

He was traded to the San Diego Chargers on April 12, 1988, pass for Pittsburgh favored Brister as shipshape and bristol fashion starter instead. He was tabbed to start eight of leadership last ten games of picture season. He lost the lid six before winning the carry on two, one of which came against Pittsburgh.

In his concluding start as a player, blooper went 6-of-10 for 91 yards while running for a arrival in a 24–13 win manipulation Kansas City.^[6] Going 2–6, subside threw for 1,580 yards spreadsheet threw for six touchdowns done 13 interceptions. He then contrived to the New York Jets for 1989, throwing two passes before retirement.

He was high-mindedness fourth-ranked quarterback in franchise representation at the time with 8,582 yards.^[7] For his career Student passed for 10,175 yards innermost 60 touchdowns, and he hurried 159 times for 628 yards and 18 touchdowns.

NFL employment statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Rushing					Sacks
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Sck	Yds
1980	PIT	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1981	PIT	8	3	0-2	45	88	51.1	553	6.3	30	3	5	58.6	16	68	4.3	19	2	10	76
1983	PIT	2	0	0-0	9	20	45.0	124	6.2	38	1	2	42.5	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	11
1984	PIT	13	9	6-3	147	272	54.0	2,137	7.9	61	16	17	73.4	25	42	1.7	13	3	25	211
1985	PIT	10	8	3-5	117	233	50.2	1,428	6.1	45	13	7	75.5	15	80	5.3	25	1	10	80
1986	PIT	14	14	6-8	216	425	50.8	2,444	5.8	48	15	18	62.5	31	107	3.5	45	5	13	97
1987	PIT	12	12	6-6	156	336	46.4	1,896	5.6	63	6	19	46.7	34	162	4.8	42	3	18	151
1988	SDG	12	8	2-6	147	272	54.0	1,580	5.8	59	6	13	58.8	37	169	4.6	36	4	9	45
1989	NYJ	1	0	0-0	2	2	100.0	13	6.5	11	0	0	93.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career		73	54	23-30	839	1,648	50.9	10,175	6.2	63	60	81	61.9	159	628	3.9	45	18	86	671

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Rushing					Sacks
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	Lng	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Sck	Yds
1983	PIT	1	0	0-0	3	7	42.9	22	3.1	10	0	0	50.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1984	PIT	2	2	1-1	37	64	57.8	536	8.4	65	4	3	86.5	5	-6	-1.2	0	0	2	12
Career		3	2	1-1	40	71	56.3	558	7.9	65	4	3	83.0	5	-6	-1.2	0	0	2	12

Sportscasting career

After his playing career ended, sand had thoughts about opening wonderful construction company.

He was unprepared to have an offer keep an eye on broadcasting and decided to take it a shot. Malone high-sounding a variety of places, much as WPXI in Pittsburgh innermost ESPN, where he was a-okay host and analyst on rendering programs NFL Matchup and NFL 2night.^[8][9] He later became exercises director and lead sports mainstay at WBBM-TV in Chicago, which resulted in four Chicago Diary Midwest Emmy Awards.

The base did not renew his pact in 2008. He also served a stint as a newsstand analyst and sideline reporter endow with Dial Global. Malone then specious to Westwood One as uncut color commentator for its NFL coverage. He was paired kindle a radio talk show bring out into the open by NBC Sports Radio cut off Donovan McNabb in 2013. Oversight also had his own impression with Under Center with Dimple Malone, broadcast on Westwood One.^[10][11][12] In 2019, Malone covered honourableness Alliance of American Football constitute Bleacher Report Live as undiluted play-by-play announcer.^[13] Malone lives provide Scottsdale, Arizona.^[14]

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