Malik Boyd enters his eighth season with the Cardinals in the scouting department after joining the team in June, 2005. The 10th-year scout came to Arizona after spending two seasons in Indianapolis after joining the Colts in June, 2003. Boyd was promoted to a regional scout in 2008 after previously working as an area scout. His primary area of responsibility is cross checking player evaluations for the western half of the country.
Malik Boyd enters his eighth season with the Cardinals in the scouting department after joining the team in June, 2005. The 10th-year scout came to Arizona after spending two seasons in Indianapolis after joining the Colts in June, 2003. Boyd was promoted to a regional scout in 2008 after previously working as an area scout. His primary area of responsibility is cross checking player evaluations for the western half of the country.
A Houston, TX 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). Serving as a nickel back during his rookie season with the Vikings, Boyd led all non-starters with 42 tackles and one interception.
After his playing career was finished, Boyd served as the defensive backs coach at his alma mater Smiley High School in Houston, TX from 1999-2001. During that span Boyd worked as a scouting intern with the Vikings in 2001. He also worked in the private educational sector for IntraCare North Hospital where he was responsible for programs and interactive curriculum for high school students in drug therapy.
Boyd and his wife reside in Houston, TX.
