8 -- Chris Hurd

Quarterback 6-2/219 RS-Freshman Antioch, Calif. Deer Valley High ‘01

High school highlights
Competed in football and track at Deer Valley High, where his football coach was Mike Paul…played quarterback and defensive back…also competed in track and field…as a SOPHOMORE threw for 1,700 yards and 14 touchdowns…earned first team All-State…second team all-league…league champion in the pole vault at 13 feet…during JUNIOR campaign threw for over 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns while playing through a back injury for the first eight games…earned second team all-league honors…as a SENIOR threw for 1,800 yards and tossed 25 touchdown passes…threw just two interceptions and also rushed for five scores…slowed by an early season knee injury that was caused by a growth plate…an honorable mention Best in the West pick (received two of a possible 10 votes) by the Long Beach Press Telegram…Prep Star Magazine picked up #10 among West Coast quarterbacks and the top signal caller in Northern California…named to the TNT’s Western One Hundred…picked among the top 20 preseason quarterbacks in the nation and fifth on the west coast…also selected to the Super Prep Far West team.

WSU highlights
FRESHMAN (2001-02): Redshirt season.

Personal
Christopher Scott Hurd…born 7/06/82 in Concord, Calif…parents Mike and Lisa Hurd…father is in real estate and mother is a teacher…one brother Matthew...prep GPA of 3.0…will look at a business major at WSU…recruited by Ohio State, Arizona, ASU, UCLA, Washington and BYU.