When he finished his high school career at Bristol Central, he held 11 state high school football records including single season rushing, total career rushing, rushing yards in a game, career and single season touchdowns scored and career points scored.
He led Bristol Central to a record of 25-4-1 from 1999 to 2001 and was Connecticut’s Football Gatorade Player of the year in 2001.
He was a three-time letter winner in basketball and helped the Rams to two conference championships. He anchored the school record setting 4 x 100 relay team and earned three varsity letters in track.
He went on to play football at Syracuse University and the University of Massachusetts where he helped the Minutemen reach the National Championship game.
He later coached as an assistant at UMass. At the time of his induction, he remained in the top five in six different categories in the state record book and still held the record for most consecutive 100 yard rushing games.