SMASports
March 4th, 2011, 01:20 PM
Barrick Nealy has come back to San Marcos,TXthis time to coach at San Marcos Academy and to continue his education at Texas State University.
Nealy was the starting quarterback for the Texas State Bobcats from 2003-2005. He is most notably remembered by Bobcat Nation for standout play that led the Bobcats on a historic march to the 2005 NCAA Semifinals against Northern Iowa.
In his new position at SMA, Nealy will lead the offense and coach the Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers for the Bears under former Bobcat player Les Davis, who is entering his second season as the Bears Head Coach.
Nealy played for Adamson High School in the Dallas area where he was a First Team, All-District pick in both football and basketball. His career totals at Adamson surpassed 4,000 passing yards and 30 touchdowns. After high school, Nealy attended the University of Houston in 2002 and started the first four games for the Cougars before sustaining a season-ending knee injury.
After the injury, Nealy transferred to Texas State, where he took the Bobcats to the playoffs for the first time in 20 years during his senior campaign. Nealy took home the 2005 Southland Conference Player of the Year and finished fifth in voting for the Walter Payton National Offensive Player of the Year Award. He completed 208 of 363 passes for 2,875 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran the ball 159 times for 1,057 yards for the Bobcats.
Nealy would finish his career at Texas State as both the all-time career passing yard leader and the all-time career total offense leader with 7,206 yards and 52 passing touchdowns and 8,933 total yards and 70 touchdowns.
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Nealy was the starting quarterback for the Texas State Bobcats from 2003-2005. He is most notably remembered by Bobcat Nation for standout play that led the Bobcats on a historic march to the 2005 NCAA Semifinals against Northern Iowa.
In his new position at SMA, Nealy will lead the offense and coach the Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers for the Bears under former Bobcat player Les Davis, who is entering his second season as the Bears Head Coach.
Nealy played for Adamson High School in the Dallas area where he was a First Team, All-District pick in both football and basketball. His career totals at Adamson surpassed 4,000 passing yards and 30 touchdowns. After high school, Nealy attended the University of Houston in 2002 and started the first four games for the Cougars before sustaining a season-ending knee injury.
After the injury, Nealy transferred to Texas State, where he took the Bobcats to the playoffs for the first time in 20 years during his senior campaign. Nealy took home the 2005 Southland Conference Player of the Year and finished fifth in voting for the Walter Payton National Offensive Player of the Year Award. He completed 208 of 363 passes for 2,875 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran the ball 159 times for 1,057 yards for the Bobcats.
Nealy would finish his career at Texas State as both the all-time career passing yard leader and the all-time career total offense leader with 7,206 yards and 52 passing touchdowns and 8,933 total yards and 70 touchdowns.
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