Jerod Monk Class: Freshman Hometown: Wylie, Texas High School: Wylie Height / Weight: 6-5 / 245 Position: TE Experience: HS

High school quarterback recruited to play tight end at Baylor... Played for head coach Bill Howard at Wylie (Texas) High School... Rated the 87th-best recruit in the Metroplex by The Dallas Morning News, the No. 5 "athlete"... Played for North squad in 2009 THSCA All-Star game and had three receptions for 40 yards... Led Wylie to a 13-3 record and the 2008 5A DII state championship game as a senior... Named first-team All-District 8-5A quarterback as a senior after throwing for 2,820 yards and 21 touchdowns (227-372, 7 interceptions)... Also ran for 892 yards and 11 TDs as a senior... Earned second-team All-Area honors at quarterback by The Dallas Morning News... Was named The Dallas Morning News SportsDay Offensive Player of the Week as well as the TexasFootball.com 5A Player of the Week after throwing for 340 yards and four touchdowns in a 39-36 win over Plano East... Earned second-team All-District 9-5A honors at quarterback as a junior in 2007... Threw for 1,822 yards and nine touchdowns (168-304, 9 interceptions) and ran for 294 yards and eight TDs as a junior... Threw six passes as a backup quarterback as a sophomore in 2006.