Personal
Born 4/12/71 in Houston...parents are Joe and Jill...father was a quarterback at Texas (1955-57)...mother was a Texas cheerleader...grandfather was a Texas baseball player...younger brother, Chuck, is a quarterback at Houston...recruited by Texas, BYU, Alabama and LSU...learned sign language as part of special education major.
Before BYU
Named to several high school All-America teams including Parade magazine and USA Today, which named him the Texas High School Player of the Year in 1989...set a state career passing record with 8,204 yards...threw for 3,712 yards and 35 touchdowns in senior year...qualified for the national junior Olympics in the high jump...coached by his father at Huntsville High.
Other College
Listed at number three going into fall practice.