Maddax Fayard

A 2024 graduate of Niceville High School in Niceville, Fla., Fayard attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2024-25 academic year ... two-sport athlete who earned letters in football and track & field ... garnered 2023 Florida Class 7A Second-Team All-State (Fla.) honors as a senior ... member of the Niceville HS track teams that won three-consecutive (2022, '23, '24) Class 4A state titles ... also received offers from Army and Middle Tennessee ... father, Lionel, is a 1995 graduate of Penn State where he was a four-year member (defensive back) of the football team (1991-94) ... mother, Jamie, is also a graduate of Penn State where she was a four-year member of the women's basketball team (1995-98) ... son of Lionel and Jamie Fayard.