Braden Atkinson

HIGH SCHOOL: Listed as 2-star recruit by Rivals.com … Picked up second-straight all-state and all-conference laurels as a senior, as well as team most valuable player laurels, after throwing for 3,925 yards and 53 touchdowns on 68.3 percent passing with just three interceptions … Also named Rolesville High School’s Offensive Most Valuable Player as a junior after throwing for 3,701 yards and 46 touchdowns … Logged more than 9,400 passing yards and 121 touchdowns across his prep career. PERSONAL: The son of Michelle and Woody Atkinson … Has a younger brother, Canen ... Maintained a 4.3 cumulative grade point average at Gulf High School and graduated summa cum laude among the top five percent of his 310-member senior class … A kinesiology major at Mercer.