STRENGTHS
Malcolm has the vision, power, speed, balance and lateral explosion to become an offensive weapon for the team that selects him. He has a high football IQ that will allow him to play multiple positions in any style of offense. He can be used in the backfield because of his vision and lateral explosion or in the slot because of his quickness or out wide as a wide receiver because of his speed. Malcolm has the lower body strength to break tackles in the open field making it easy for him to gain yardage running out of the backfield or catching passes down the field. His vision and balance are what sets him apart from most offensive players and his lateral explosion is what allows him to break tackles between the hash marks or in the open field. Malcolm is one of the most exciting players to watch because on any given play he can explode, that’s why I call him Malcolm (The Pocket Rocket) Perry.
CONCERNS
Of course, Malcolm plays for Navy but the new ruling signed by the President allows for service players to play in the NFL. I also have no tape of Malcolm catching a ball or running routes so those concerns will have to be addressed in workouts but something in my gut tells me this should not be an issue for very long. Of course, using him in the backfield will also require him to block and pick up blitzing linebackers who are bigger than him in size but once again, my gut says forgetaboutit, Malcolm (The Pocket Rocket) Perry can do anything he puts his mind to.
BOTTOM LINE 2.50
Watching Malcolm on any given play is like waiting for a bottle rocket about to go off, after you have lite the fuse and have run to a safe place, standing still and waiting. You wait and then you slowly creep back towards the bottle, not understanding why the fuse is so slow. Then, just before you get too close, the rocket takes off and your heart beats like it’s coming out of your chest and you think, how lucky it was to be a safe distance away as you stand in awe watching it go up in the air, to its peak and then slowly fall to the ground. Malcolm is that rocket and watching him make’s you go through all those emotions during a game except Malcolm keeps going off play after play after play until he scores a touchdown. The question is, can the “pocket rocket” catch a ball down the field like a receiver? Also, can the pocket rocket, run routes from the slot and can he block, bigger players to help his quarterback extend plays? And also, does the pocket rocket have the hand/eye coordination to catch contested passes and how big is his catch radius? Like I said all I can tell you is that my gut tells me he can do all of this and workouts and the combine will answer many of these questions but even if Malcolm can’t catch the ball or block as well as others I still want him on my team. I want him because I know in my gut that he will be able to do all that you ask of him if given the time. After all, how many times on a football field do you get a chance to see a rocket go off?
