He and Gaulden will be committed in the next 5 weeks.
I feel like people are discrediting the impact this will have on Malone. He is friends with both Gaulden and Barnett. That will be the deciding factor in Malone being a Vol IMO. Everyone talks about him not being friends with Wharton and Hurd, but Barnett and Gaulden bridge the gap.
Malone lives in Gallatin/Hendersonville. He gets Vol pressure regularly and almost everyone around him (except maybe his mother who is indifferent) wants him to be a Vol.