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Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of an El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California . He was a three-year starter at Arizona State University . Malone was named the 1980 Senior Bowl MVP and was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 28th pick in the 1980 NFL draft. He played eight seasons with the Steelers becoming the fourth ranked quarterback in franchise history with 8,582 yds. He was traded on April 12 , 1988 to the San Diego Chargers for his final complete NFL season, he would play one game in 1989 with the New York Jets . For his career Malone passed for 10,175 yards (839-1,648) with 60 TD's, rushing he was 159-628 (3.9 avg.) and 18 TD's. Malone had one career reception for a 90 yd TD, a Steelers team record. After his playing career ended, he became a television sportscaster. After stops at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh and ESPN , he became the sports director at WBBM-TV in Chicago in 2004 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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