Averaged 40.7 yards per punt (long of 65), was 12-14 on field goals and 29-30 on extra points as a senior in high school...had 64 solo tackles as an outside linebacker, second on the team...also caught 14 passes for 231 yards, 22-165 rushing, four interceptions and four caused fumbles...had two game-winning field goals in 1995...won Lou Groza Award as the top kicker in the Palm Beach County...second-team all-state, first-team all-area and first team all-conference...his long field goal of the year was 47 yards...listed in "Outstanding High Schools of America" and "Who's Who Among High School Students in America"...National Science Merit Award winner and a consistent honor roll student at Cardinal Newman...comes from an athletic family, his father was a running back at Florida State, his older brother Eric was a walk-on tight end at FSU, older brother Todd was a senior kicker for Iowa last year and his brother Chad is currently the punter at Kansas State...played for Sam Budnyk at Cardinal Newman High in West Palm, FL.