Named Defensive MVP in last year's Shrine Bowl ... scored the game's only touchdown on an interception return of 17 yards ... recorded 112 tackles as a senior ... a SuperPrep All-Midatlantic choice ... an all-stater according to USA Today ... a second-team All-America choice of Blue Chip Magazine ... lost only four games at Lewisville High School where he was a four-year starter ... played seven positions in his senior campaign ... named Class A Lineman-of-the-Year by both The State and Greenville News newspapers ... named all-state by those newspapers ... a G&W Report All-State player ... a Who's Who choice of Joe Terranova ... coached by Bennie McMurray at Lewisville ... comes to Tigertown from the same high school that produced ex-Clemson fullback Wesley McFadden, who was co-captain of the 1989 Tiger team ... born on 11-9-71 ... he averaged just under 20 points per game as a forward in basketball and played shortstop in baseball.