Personal
Mother is Jessie...brother, Bennie, played defensive back for BYU in 1972, and another brother, Paul, played baseball for the Cougars...recruited by Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, and USC...married Jennifer Pettibone in the fall of 1989...majoring in recreation management.
Before BYU
Lettered four years in both football and wrestling, and three years in baseball...played his senior year at Cyprus High in Magna, Utah...All-America and all-state in football.