Malcolm Faciane Class: Freshman Hometown: Picayune, Miss. High School: Picayune Memorial Height / Weight: 6-5 / 259 Position: Tight End Experience: RS

Malcolm Faciane is a talented tight end prospect out of Mississippi with impressive size, good hands and deceptive speed ... could help the Tide at either tight end position ... No. 82 in the ESPNU 150 and ranks as the service's No. 4 tight end nationally ... a four-star prospect who is the No. 7 player in Mississippi according to Rivals.com and the No. 16 tight end ... SuperPrep Magazine All-American and the No. 7 player in the state of Mississippi ... No. 97 on the Mobile Press-Register's Super Southeast 120 ... also listed as the No. 22 tight end nationally by Scout.com ... suffered a season-ending knee injury in October of 2010 ... named to the 2010 Dandy Dozen by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger ... second-team All-State by the Mississippi Association of Coaches ... first-team from Mississippi on The Orlando Sentinel's All-Southern team ... caught seven passes for 132 yards and a touchdown as a junior in 2009 ... an impressive all-around athlete, Faciane also excels at tennis, swimming, basketball and track ... picked Alabama over Mississippi, Stanford, Southern Miss, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.