
Valpo’s veteran RB, but current impact data is thin
Matt Mallon’s available public football trail points to a back with size and toughness, but there is no current 2026 performance data readily available to verify recent production for Valparaiso. The main reason to care is profile fit: at 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds in Valpo’s 2015 roster listing, he brought a workhorse build that suggests downhill, physical run-game value rather than flash. If you want a power runner who can absorb contact and stabilize a backfield, that’s the type of player to watch—but the statistical paper trail is too sparse to call him a proven feature back today.