“No Comment”: Malachi Toney on Pitt, Heisman like Performance and on the 2001 Canes influence

Okay, talk about just the season you're having. I mean, obviously today was special, but you're doing it week after week after week. How does it feel to be out there doing it? I'm going to feel great. Just got to stay locked in on my preparation and keep doing things. We'll go hard at the things that's around me, but then Thank you. Now, with the 2001 National Championship team that's here, what messages have they given to the team and anything to you specifically? Well, not really. I've talked to Andre Johnson. He just keeps doing what's up. That's what it is. How much, I mean, I know you guys did the commercial thing, whatnot like that. But people interact with those guys and know that you're slowly getting into the status that they are individually. What's it like seeing them, being around them, and getting a chance to sort of get to know them? It's just amazing. I mean, sometimes, well, at the Adidas shoot, of course, every person was there with Ed Reed and all those guys. Ed Reed stuck out the most because of what he was doing. Me and Darian just laughing, like, you don't act how you're supposed to act. So he just being himself, and that's what we all, we took from the photo shoot to be himself. And Malachi, the game you had today, you broke your own record, 16 receptions in a game. I mean, you are such a role model to the youth in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County. How does that make you feel when you know that the youth is looking up to you? I mean, it feels amazing. It teaches me how to be a young adult, knowing that I've got to do right, make right moves, and make wise choices and decisions because the influence I have on the youth is incredible. I can post one thing and a thousand other kids will post the same thing. So it just helps them become young adults, knowing that I've got to post better and just be a better man Kai, they had a plan for you, they said, this week. I don't know if you've read the plan that they had. Did it work very well? I mean, you had 12 catches by halftime. What did you think of their comments this week? You've got a big number. We pushed one another extremely. Like, Matt passed out last week. Darren, I just love that guy. Week in, week out, we just keep getting better, keep learning the little fundamentals and stuff like that after practice. Anything we missed in practice, we fix it after practice. That's how our connection is becoming what it is. One quick follow-up is how, when you guys are performing at this level, how hard is it for you to let your teammates say, yeah, we can do this even better when you're putting up the numbers? How hard is it for you guys to put up big numbers? There's not a lot that jumps off the page, but we can do that better. How hard is it to find things that you can't No, I disagree. There's a lot of stuff out there that we can be better on. Just because the score said what it was, we still probably left some points out there. So I disagree with that, we still have a lot to fix, like as a team, as an offense. Whether it's special teams, anything, we always have a lot of little things to do. Hey Malik, you guys are number one in the country, right? There's plenty of distractions that come with that, and you can see teams all over the country. Do you guys kind of lock in, or do you think the mentality is the same? How we lock in every other week? We don't even acknowledge that stuff like that. We just stay focused, we do a great job, we do a great job to prepare, That's how we go about that. We don't even focus on something else. That's your question, sorry, right here. Similar to that question, being number one for the first time since 2002. Are you doing anything to keep staying humble and keep the team humble and prepare for those tough games? No, just do our stuff. Definitely, we don't, like I said, we just don't acknowledge stuff like that. We just stay focused on moving forward and wanting to go on the grid. That's your question, sorry, I'm done. Mally, a few times this year, you've been mad at the game, then kind of got right back in to play or two later, just kind of like a nagging thing that's been bugging you, and then just how important is it for you to make sure you're staying on the field? No, I'm good. I understand. That's what I'm hearing. Now, with all of the fame and success that you're having here in Miami, when you're alone, what is Monroe saying to you? What is your brother saying to you? No, he's probably not ready. He's just having a regular talk. He's very comfortable with football. You know, being older brother that he is, he just keeps mentoring me. Thank you. Thank you.