He also received USA Today All-American honors and Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while in high school, where he completed 218 of 395 passes for  and 37 touchdowns with 325 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns in his senior season. He was coached by Terry Graham using the run and shoot offense.
While in high school, he earned USA Today All-American honors and Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year. During his senior year, he completed 218 out of 395 passes for touchdowns and rushed for 37 touchdowns with 325 rushing yards and 15 more touchdowns under Terry Graham's run and shoot offense.