Personal
- Son of John and Linda Walsh
- Oldest of five children
- Enjoys working out, skiing, fishing, reading, colllecting baseball cards and working on cars
- Majored in special education
Before BYU
- Graduated from West Torrance High School but played football at Carson High School his senior year
- Lettered in football, baseball and basketball
- Set California state passing record for a season with 4,226 yards
- Named L.A. City 4-A Most Valuable Player
- Named Daily Breeze Player of the Year
- Glenn Davis Award recipient
- Led team to a 39-5 record over his high school career as well as city and league titles and No. 5 finish in state
- Threw for 1,700 yards and 17 touchdowns at a junior at West Torrance High School
- Coached by Gene Vollnogle (Pepperdine)
- Recruited by Miami, Florida State, USC and UCLA
BYU Summary
- Declared after his junior season for the 1995 NFL Draft and was selected in the seventh round by the Cincinnati Bengals
- Passed for 9,233 yards and 73 touchdowns, including bowl games, over his four years at BYU, which included two full seasons as the starter
- Set BYU record with 619 passing yards in a single game (at Utah State in 1993)
- Threw for 300 or more yards in 19 games and surpassed 400 yards five times
- Finished BYU career with 8,390 regular-season yards (excluding bowl games per NCAA statistics), which ranked fourth in school history
- Completed career with 66 regular-season touchdown passes (excluding bowl games per NCAA statistics), which tied for No. 5 in Western Athletic Conference history with BYU's Robbie Bosco
- Achieved a 147.6 career pass efficiency rating, which ranked No. 6 in NCAA history