AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his second season with the Spartans... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in January 2014... Competing for the quarterback job... Completed 8-of-9 passes for 88 yards in the 2015 Spring Game.
2014: Finished the season as a redshirt.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A 2013 Region III all-state selection from Contra Costa College (Coach Alonzo Carter)... Ranked 17th in the state in passing completing 56.5 percent of his passes for 2,623 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2013... 230 completions were seventh best among 2013 California Community College signal callers... Played in six games mainly as a reserve quarterback as a freshman in 2012.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Victor Galli) and baseball at Pittsburg (Calif.) High... Completed 183-of-344 passes with 15 interceptions for 3,020 yards and 24 touchdowns as a junior and a senior... An honorable mention all-league choice as a junior and a first-team All-Bay Valley Athletic League pick as a senior....Concluded his high school career playing in the 2011 Cal State all-star football game... Was a pitcher and an outfielder on the baseball team.
MORE ON MALIK: A communication studies major... Lists Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper as his favorite actors... An uncle, Marlin Brown, was a letterwinning defensive end on the 1987 through 1989 Washington State football teams...Enjoys listening to jazz, gospel and rhythm and blues music, playing billiards and paintball and dirt bike riding... He is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii.