Malik Dow was a very good player for the ballard team that was state runner up to Madison central. He was a freshman then. He's a senior at mercer county now. I would think he'd be a favorite for region POY. Is he getting any college interest? How does he project at the next level?

Malik Dow was a very good player for the ballard team that was state runner up to Madison central. He was a freshman then. He's a senior at mercer county now. I would think he'd be a favorite for region POY. Is he getting any college interest? How does he project at the next level?

 

He'll be one of the top 10 players in the region but I don't think he has a chance at POY in the region.

 

I'm not sure about the other answers to your questions.

Dow will be just fine. He already has a D2 offer and is likely to get more D2 and/or NAIA offers. Also, if both he and Mercer play up to their potential this year, it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up with a D1 opportunity.

I'm not sure what the intentions of this thread were but Dow is a solid player. He'll get an opportunity at the next level somewhere.

He had a good summer on the AAU circuit. Solid player. He will do just fine.

His first cousin is DeVante Parker now in the NFL as a wide receiver. Malik could be a Division 1 football player as well if he wanted. I heard he had a long TD reception for Mercer on Friday. Even though he has not played FB all four years of HS, he has the raw talent to be a D1 WR just like his cousin was at UL. Not saying he will go that route, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility.

I just hadn't heard a lot about him since he left ballard a couple years ago. I was impressed when he was on the floor for ballard. He did seem to get in foul trouble but he was a good player. He has the frame to be a division 1 athlete that's for sure.

I just hadn't heard a lot about him since he left ballard a couple years ago. I was impressed when he was on the floor for ballard. He did seem to get in foul trouble but he was a good player. He has the frame to be a division 1 athlete that's for sure.

 

Malik loves to get in foul trouble. But if you ask him, he's never committed a foul. Ever.

He sure was fun to watch as a frosh.

Malik loves to get in foul trouble. But if you ask him, he's never committed a foul. Ever.

 

To my point of being able to play high level football even without the benefit of much HS experience.....he loves contact and his body is built to absorb it. I do not know how much he loves the game of football as he does basketball, but he has all the physical tools to be playing the game of football on Sundays. I feel he can make a college career in basketball too, but his ceiling is higher in football if he chooses to follow that path in my opinion.

I disagree that his body is built to absorb contact. After the multiple concussions he's suffered, I fear the next one might be the one that sends him to the sidelines. I can count four episodes...

I disagree that his body is built to absorb contact. After the multiple concussions he's suffered, I fear the next one might be the one that sends him to the sidelines. I can count four episodes...

 

Point well taken, forgot about those episodes. I know you can get concussions playing BB as well, but football contact puts you at more risk.