Lindy's Magazine selected him as an Alabama Blue Chip as a quarterback, a third-team All-South cornerback, and a first-team All-Alabama strong safety ... Max Emfinger rated him as the 12th best pass/run quarterback in the country and the 45th best prospect in the South ... played on State Championship baseball team in 1987 ... Metro Player-of-the-Year, All-Metro, Lindy's Super Dozen ... Alabama all-state choice by Advertiser Journal ... an honorable mention All-American according to Street & Smith ... named to Joe Terranova's Who's Who list and Tom Lemming's All-Alabama team ... ranked sixth on the Alabama Dynamite 12 prospect list ... named Montgomery Touchdown Area Player-of-the-Year ... connected on 67 of 120 passes for 1,183 yards and nine TDs as a senior ... also rushed for 365 yards ... enjoyed an outstanding junior campaign where he passed for 1,182 yards and ran for 587 yards and seven TDs ... completed 81 of 172 passes as a junior ... wore seven in high school because that is the number of points a team scores with a TD and a PAT ... led his team to a 9-2 record in 1988 ... attended Jefferson Davis High School ... his father, Richard, played football and ran track at Alabama State (1967-71) ... played against Fernandus Vinson and James Foshee of N.C. State during his high school career ... coached by Charles Lee ... born 10-19-71 in Montgomery, AL