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The most important catch of Josh MaloneÂ’s career was not at Station Camp, where the 2013 Class AAA Mr. Football winner played his high school football.
It came as a member of the Scorpions — a Virginia-based AAU football team on which Malone played running back. Coach Archie Roberts decided to give the tall and wiry kid from Tennessee a look at a new position.
“I sent him out there at wide receiver and he made a one-handed catch,” Roberts said. “And he came down and broke his wrist in two places. But he held on to the ball.”
Player of the year: Josh Malone of Station Camp transforms into star