Player Bio: Lance Rhodes :: Football

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Hoover High School in Birmingham, Ala. … was selected as the Alabama Player of the Year by the Alabama Touchdown Club and the Birmingham News & Post-Herald … also earned Alabama Player-of-the-Year honors by the Monday Morning QB Clubs of Alabama … chosen as the Metro Player of the Year by the Birmingham New & Post-Herald … 1st Super All-State quarterback …1st Class 6A All-State quarterback … selected All-Southern by Southern Sports Writers … was the Most Valuable Player of the state championship game … set state records for yards passing (343) and touchdown passes (3) in a championship game … named to the Student Sports Magazine Senior All-American listing for the state of Alabama … named All-Southeast Region by PrepStar Magazine … had 13 receptions for 250 yards and two touchdowns as a junior … led the state in passing with 194 completions on 318 attempts for 3,277 yards … threw 37 touchdown passes as a senior … collected 811 yards rushing and 20 rushing touchdowns and 4,088 total yards … broke Brodie Croyle's state record of 54 total touchdowns with 57 (37 TDs passing, 20 TDs rushing) … led Hoover High to the 6A state championship in 2000 … Hoover finished ranked 13th in Rivals.com top 25 High School Football Teams … led the Hoover Bucs to the Class 6A championship and a 14-1 record and the Class 6A title over Daphne at Legion Field in December … passed for 3,277 yards and rushed for 800 more, throwing only eight interceptions in 318 attempts. … caught 17 passes for 200 yards and two scores as a junior … also rushed for 250 yards on 18 carries as a junior … as a junior on defense, tallied 64 tackles and one interception in just six games … speedster who runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash and a 10.2 100-meters … shuttle is 3.87 seconds and has a 37-inch … "It went real well," he said of his visit to ASU. "I liked it all. I like the size of the (Pacific-10), I like the ability to win a national championship, and I like the new coach coming in (Dirk Koetter). I felt comfortable at ASU and I'm excited about how I'm going to be used. They recruited me as an athlete and plan on using me in a lot of different ways on offense. I just think it's a great fit" … was coached by Rush Propst and John Grass … chose ASU over Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky and Alabama-Birmingham.

PERSONAL: Plans to study dentistry and is comtemplating a profession as an indodontist … parents are Rick Rhodes and Pamela Jones … both of his parents are professors … has five siblings, Ginny (21), Haley (15), Alex (8), Stephanie (7) and Isabella (2) … father, Rick, played at Miami, Fla., and his uncle, Tom Rhodes, played basketball at Mercer … also has a cousin who played football at Georgia … enjoys wakeboarding and drawing … born Nov. 24, 1982 in Atlanta, Ga. … full name is Lance Evan Rhodes.