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Malik Boyd enters his second season with the Cardinals in the scouting department after joining the team in June, 2005. The fifth-year scout came to Arizona after spending the previous two seasons in Indianapolis after joining the Colts in June, 2003. Boyd scouts the central and southeast portions of the country for the Cardinals.
The 35-year old Houston native, Boyd attended Southern University where he played defensive back and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation counseling/psychology in 1994. He went on to play for the Minnesota Vikings (1994-95), the New Orleans Saints (1996) and was with British Columbia in the CFL (1997).
After his playing career was finished, Boyd served as the defensive backs coach at his alma matter Smiley High School in Houston, TX from 1999-2001. During that span Boyd worked as a scouting intern with the Vikings in 2001.
Born on November 5, 1970, Boyd and his wife Monica reside in Houston, TX with their three children-Makenzi, Madeline, and Xavier. | 