Tigers' first commitment of the year ... played for Coach Tom Lewis' Sumter Gamecock team that won the Big 16 AAAA State Championship in 1987 . . . member of the Greenville News all-state team in 1987 ... played in the South Carolina North-South game in Myrtle Beach, where he had two interceptions and earned MVP honors .. Superprep Magazine All-Mid-Atlantic choice as a senior Orlando Sentinel Dixie Dozen honorable mention selection .. . member of Joe Terranova's National Blue Chip team . . . had five interceptions as a senior from his free safety position . . . has 4.5 speed in the 40 . . . chosen to Athlon's Atlantic Coast Blue Chippers . . . Max Emfinger's National High School Football Recruiting Service rates him in the top 300 high school seniors, 144th in the nation . . . also played wide receiver where he caught six passes for an average of 30 yards per catch ... played at same high school as New York Giant and former Tiger Terry Kinard and Wake Forest defensive back Ronnie Burgess.