I try to keep my options open, but since I wasn't raised in Texas, it wouldn't be any problem leaving the state. Texas is a great program. I'm not saying they're not good, or anything like that, but I'm trying to keep my options open."
— Cibolo Steele RB Malcolm Brown on the
possibility of leaving the state of Texas to play football for Alabama. In fact, Brown has strong connections to the state of Mississippi, where his father, brother, and a cousin all played football.