2012 Football Roster
Roster
Justin Malone
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 315
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Madison, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Madison-Ridgeland Academy
CAREER STATISTICS
2012 SEC Academic Honor RollCAREER: Veteran offensive lineman who played in 38 career games with 29 starts ... 23 of his 29 starts came at left guard … Started the 2013 season opener against Oklahoma State before a foot injury shelved him for the remainder of the year ... Started four games at right guard during redshirt freshman campaign … Earned his undergraduate degree from MSU in December 2014.
2015 SENIOR SEASON: Started all 13 games - 12 at left guard and one at center ... Filled in for an injured Jamaal Clayborn at center in the Belk Bowl and was dominant ... Helped pave the way for a record-setting performance in the bowl ... Recovered a fumble for a touchdown with 3:18 remaining in the second quarter that put the Bulldogs up two scores.
2014 JUNIOR SEASON: Played in 12 games while missing the UT Martin (11/8) game due to a sore foot ... Started 11 games at left guard ... Helped MSU to the best offensive season in program history, shattering 15 single-season team records, including: total offense (6,679 yards), yards per play (6.7), yards per game (513.8), points per game (36.9) and first downs (334) ... Opened lanes for 29 rushing touchdowns this season, which tied for second in school history and two shy of the school record … Gave pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average a school record 280.7 passing yards per game … Provided time and space for 60 offensive touchdowns, the most in MSU history … Capped the year against Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl (12/31) as the squad racked up an MSU bowl record 577 yards of total offense.
2013 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Played and started the season-opener at right guard against Oklahoma State (8/31) before suffering a season-ending foot injury.
2012 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON: All-SEC Freshman nominee who experienced action in 12 games, including four starts ... Played 54 snaps in the season-opening victory against Jackson State ... Graded out a champion (95 percent) in 21 snaps in the SEC-opening win over Auburn ... Recorded a season-high eight pancake blocks at Troy in his first career start ... Started the next week in the home victory against South Alabama ... Recorded five pancake blocks in the SEC road win at Kentucky in third career start ... Graded out a champion (81 percent) as a starter with seven pancake blocks in the homecoming win over MTSU.
2011 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Sat out freshman year as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Highly-promising recruit who played only two seasons of high school football ... Finished short prep career by leading head coach Mack Norwood’s Patriots to the championship round of Class AAA-Division I ... Selected First-Team All-State by the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools ... Named to the Clarion-Ledger All-Metro Jackson Team ... Also listed by the newspaper among the top-40 prospects within the state prep ranks regardless of classification ... Played four years of varsity basketball for MRA ... Committed to Mississippi State in November 2010.
PERSONAL: Born Justin Love Malone on Feb. 27, 1993 … Graduated from MSU in December 2014 with a degree in criminology.
