At Mooresville Senior:

A two-time all-conference selection for the Blue Devils ... threw for 2100 yards as a senior with 16 touchdown passes and four touchdown runs ... led Hal Capps-coached Mooreville to an 8-4 record ... three-year letterwinner ...  also won three varsity letters in basketball and two in golf.

Personal:

Full name is Patrick Thomas O'Brien ... parents are Carol and Thomas O'Brien ...  transferred from UNC-Pembroke ... majoring in business.