High School: Three-year letterman at Flower Mound High for coach Cody Vanderford...a two-time first-team All-District 6-5A honoree, helped the Jaguars go 8-3, win the District 6-5A title and advance to the state playoffs for the first time in school history in 2006...as a senior, named second-team all-region after posting 1,560 all-purpose yards and scoring 18 touchdowns...ran for 1,234 yards and five scores as a junior...also lettered four years in track and field.

Personal: Born Jonathan Taft McDonald on May 17, 1989, in Dallas, Texas...son of Shirley McDonald...cousins Shawn and Stacy Andrews played at Arkansas and Ole Miss, respectively, before going on to careers in the NFL (Philadelphia and Cincinnati)...proposed major is pre-med.