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Chris Rix
QUARTERBACK, 6-2, 200, FR.
SANTA MARGARITA, CA (Santa Margarita Catholic)
The starting quarterback for the Seminoles as he is the only scholarship quarterback on the roster this spring...off-season program and
spring practice will be crucial for him as he will likely be the Seminoles™ starter as a redshirt freshman next season... coaches
were impressed with his concentration and quick study of the system last year...spring will be even more important as FSU offensive players
will be adjusting to a new offensive coordinator and quarterback coach... One of the top quarterback prospects in the country last year...a
mobile quarterback who threw for over 900 yards and rushed for over 550 yards and six touchdowns as a senior...was second on the team
in receiving yards with 288 and led the team in touchdown receptions with three...caught just 10 passes as a senior but was recognized
as a second team All-Serra League at wide receiver...named to PrepStar™s 1999 Top 100 (No. 7 quarterback) Dream Team and rated the
No. 15 prospect in the Western Region by the same publication...earned honorable mention All-USA honors from USA Today...listed as the
No. 5 quarterback prospect in the nation by Rivals100.com...named the MVP of the Nike Combine at USC in May of 1999... participated in
the ihElite 11ll QB clinic along with other national level QB prospects and was considered to have the strongest arm in the group...threw
a football over 70 yards at one of Florida State's summer camps...clocked in at 4.5 in the 40...one of three preseason All-Americans to
ever come out of Rancho Santa Margarita (Carson Palmer, 1997, USC) and (Sean O™Brien, 1992, Arizona)...chose FSU over Southern California,
Washington and Arizona State.
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