In which BracketCat counts down the 55th day until the 2025 kickoff with a profile of Kansas State defensive tackle Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder.

#55 Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder

Redshirt Junior | 6-6 | 305 lbs. | Brockton, Massachusetts

Position: Defensive Tackle
Previous College: Butler Community College
Projection: Co-Third-String
Status: On Scholarship

Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder (b. May 9, 2004) is a large JUCO transfer defensive tackle by way of Butler Community College who redshirted in 2022 and played the 2023 season for the Grizzlies under head coach and former K-Stater Bryce Vignery.

A December signee, Alcorn-Crowder was briefly determined to have left the 2024 recruiting class due to an academic issue that was later cleared up, paving the way for his fall arrival.

(He briefly entered the transfer portal on March 8 but later exited on April 30, back to KSU.)

Alcorn-Crowder only saw limited action in 2024 against Arizona State and Cincinnati on field goal defense. I could see him playing more of a 3-tech or defensive end role this year.

Alcorn-Crowder was regarded as the fourth-best overall community college prospect in the Class of 2024 by On3, No. 5 by ESPN, No. 17 by Rivals and No. 21 by 247Sports.

On3 also rated him the top community college defensive tackle prospect in the country, while ESPN ranked him No. 2. He played at the same community college as current K-State wide receiver Justin Stephens and linebacker Zach Wittenberg.

Alcorn-Crowder played in nine games in 2023, earning honorable mention all-conference honors and totaling 28 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, seven sacks, and two forced fumbles.

He tallied a season-high six tackles against Independence, which included three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pair of sacks, and he also had two-sack performances against Dodge City and Ellsworth. He had five tackles against both Iowa Central and Dodge City.

Alcorn-Crowder, who plans on majoring in business, prepped under head coach Zack Botelho at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in Massachusetts, where he earned all-state honors as an offensive lineman during his senior season in 2021 from the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association and also competed in basketball.

He is the first K-State signee from the state of Massachusetts since Andrew Bulman in 2002.

Given that Alcorn-Crowder lost out on spring practices last year due to his setback, I correctly predicted he would have a hard time cracking the two-deep at nose guard over either Uso Seumalo or Damian Ilalio, but he also brings the same versatility at all three positions as Jevon Banks did before.

That should lead to more playing time for this promising prospect, even if only as a reserve.

Alcorn-Crowder selected K-State over offers from Bryant, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Georgia Southern, Houston, Jacksonville State, Marshall, Maryland, Miami, Minnesota, Mississippi State, NC State, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Texas, Old Dominion, South Carolina, South Florida, UConn, UMass and USC.