Tom Malone P to the PS
 

December 20, 2006
Pats moves

The Patriots announced the signing of defensive back James Patrick and punter Tom Malone to their practice squad today. Patrick begins his second stint on the practice squad, while the 22-year-old Malone was orginally signed as a rookie free agent by the 49ers on May 5. He was released by the 49ers on June 29. Malone punted for the University of Southern California from 2002-2005, where he recorded a 44-yard career average and placed 95 of his 185 career punts inside the 20 yard-line. Malone was a two-time semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, given to the nation's top punter, and set a school record in 2003 by averaging 49 yards per punt.
Patrick was initially signed to the Patriots' practice squad on Nov. 1 and was released Dec. 12.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal...s_moves_7.html

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http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-...one_tom00.html

http://www.49ers.com/team/roster_det...on=TE%20Roster

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Cool, we have a Practice Squad punt and pooch challenge to see which kid moves up to the 53 Sunday! :woohoo:

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and as a wandering footnote, the P that spelled Walter in 2003 was rookie P Brooks Barnard out of Maryland. He appears to be out of football.

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Shhhh, BBF is still having nightmares, lets not make him any worse than he already is...:eek:

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Surprised at the lack of calls for Flutie...

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thanks boss--I looked for this, but the title threw me off--mods, feel free to merge or dump this thread--apologies to DefenseRules...

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Love the Malone signing. Got to see him kick a lot at SC, was surprised he never caught on with an NFL team. But punters is one of those weird positions; the young guys seem to only break through when they are considered as a final alternative.

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FWIW, reading the Pro Football Weekly pre draft writeups on them, Malone was mentioned as holding for placekicks, there was no mention of it for Baugher.