Nick Florence Class: Freshman Hometown: Garland, Texas High School: South Garland Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190 Position: QB Experience: HS

First-year quarterback signed with Baylor in 2008 and enrolled in January 2009... Went through spring 2009 drills, listed as No. 3 quarterback on post-spring depth chart... Spring 2009 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection.

High School: South Garland High School, Garland, Texas... One of four Metroplex preps to throw for 3,000 yards in 2007, area's fourth-leading passer as senior at South Garland [Texas] High School... Ranked No. 22 on Rivals.com's dual-threat quarterbacks list... 3-star ranking from both Rivals.com and Scout.com... Rated nation's 66th-best prep signal caller by Scout.com... Houston Chronicle Texas Top 100 member... Ranked No. 62 on San Antonio Express-News' Texas Top 100 and No. 46 on The Dallas Morning News Area Top 100 list... 2007 Texas Football Texas Top 300 honoree also tabbed one of state's top 20 quarterbacks in preseason... 2007 District 10-5A MVP... Selected to 2007 Dallas Morning News' all-area first team... Also earned first-team 10-5A all-district honors in final prep season... 2008 Oil Bowl participant also earned 2007 first-team THSCA academic all-state honors... Passed for over 8,000 yards in three-year prep career and established 10 Garland ISD records... Holds Garland ISD career marks for passing yards (8,001), total offense yards (9,131) and total-offense touchdowns (87)... As senior, set Garland ISD records for passing yards (3,047), total-offense yards (3,495), touchdown passes (30) and total-offense touchdowns (39)... Completed 212-of-357 passes for 3,047 yards and 30 touchdowns as senior with just four interceptions... Also rushed 138 times for 448 yards and nine touchdowns .... Threw school single-game record five touchdown passes vs. arch-rival Garland as senior... Led Colonels to 10-2 overall record and 2007 District 10-5A title with 7-0 record... As junior, completed 211-of-366 passes for 2,910 yards and 23 touchdowns with 14 picks en route to second-team all-district honors... Rushed for 431 yards and six touchdowns on 111 carries... Ranked No. 4 in Metroplex in passing yards as junior, established Garland ISD single-game records for passing (450) and total-offense (472) yards vs. Plano West... Completed 145-of-264 passes as sophomore for 2,295 yards and 12 TDs, rushed 88 times for 251 and seven scores... District newcomer of year as sophomore... Also lettered in track as sophomore... Twin brother, Luke, played safety for South Garland... Selected Baylor over Purdue... Committed to Baylor in March 2007... Coached by Mickey Moss at District 10-5A school.

Personal: Son of Joe and Tina Florence, Nicolas Daryl Florence was born June 21, 1989, in Dallas, Texas... Parents are both Baylor graduates... Has four brothers: Matt, Josh, Zach and Luke... Honors student ranked second in 467-member senior class academically and scored over 1,200 on SAT on first attempt... Majoring in business... 2009 Spring Dean's List.