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Jersey Number 14
Omarr Conner
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 223
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Macon, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Noxubee County
CAREER:
Made an immediate impact for Mississippi State upon his arrival on campus . . . Became a factor from the outset in the Bulldog receiving corps and on special teams, but made a second-year move to quarterback . . . Returned to the wide receiver position near the end of his junior season,. . . Has played in 31 games (17 at QB and 14 at WR) with 21 starting calls to his credit (17 at QB, 4 at WR) . . . Only missed playing time due to injury . . . Has completed 193-of-373 passes (.517) for 2,127 yards, 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions . . . Has caught 23 passes for 327 yards, a 14.2-yard average and rushed 113 times for 129 yards (1.1-yard average) and a touchdown . . . Also returned one punt (2 yards) in limited duty in the return game . . . Came to State following a high school career in which he was named Mr. Football in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
Continued to make his mark in the wide receiver picture with a productive spring practice . . . Had nine catches for 134 yards, a 14.9-yard average, and one touchdown, working in just two spring scrimmages . . . Held out of the spring-ending Maroon and White game as an injury precaution . . . Will open the fall at the top of the depth chart at one wide receiver position.
Played in all 11 games during his junior season, earning nine starting calls ? eight at the quarterback position and one at wide receiver . . . Started the first eight games of the year at the signal-calling position, before making a late-season return to the wide receiver rotation . . . Started the season finale vs. Ole Miss at wide out . . . Completed 86-of-167 passes (.515) for 903 yards, eight touchdowns and five interceptions . . . Also rushed 44 times (minus 15 yards) . . . When he made the move to wide receiver, he caught nine passes for 116 yards, 12.9-yard average . . . Had one of the top games of his young career at quarterback and one of the most productive in the history of Mississippi State football during the Bulldogs’ season-opening 38-6 win over Murray State . . . Completed 17-of-24 passes (.708) for 233 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions, in the win over the Racers . . . Connected twice with Keon Humphries and once each with Tee Milons and Eric Butler in the victory . . . The four touchdowns were a career high and tied a single-game school record held by both Tony Shell (1988) and Derrick Taite (1994 and ’95) . . . His 37-yard TD throw to Milons put the Bulldogs ahead for good at 10-6 midway through the second quarter, and the first of his scoring throws to Humphries (49 yards) came just two minutes later . . . He hooked up with Humphries again (34 yards) two minutes after halftime for a 24-6 advantage, and his TD aerial to Butler gave MSU a 31-6 lead . . . He also rushed three times for 21 yards against Murray . . . Completed 10-of-19 passes for 116 yards and the first interception of his junior season during MState’s SEC opener at Auburn in Week 2 . . . The interception was his first in 44 straight pass attempts dating to the final game of the ’04 season . . . Completed 13-of-26 passes for 108 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, in State’s Week 3 win over Tulane . . . His two scoring tosses, a 3-yarder to halfback Jerious Norwood and an 18-yarder to tight end Eric Butler came in a five and one-half minute stretch during the middle of the third quarter . . . Connected on 19-of-32 passes for 205 yards, one touchdown and one interception in Week 4 work against Georgia . . . His 4-yard TD pass to Eric Butler with 7:18 left in the game closed out the Bulldog scoring . . . Connected on nine-of-22 passes for 141 yards, one touchdown and an interception, in Week 5 action vs. LSU . . . His 66-yard touchdown pass to former high school teammate Joey Sanders came on State’s first possession of the game and gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead on the Tigers . . . It was his career-long TD pass and the longest scoring completion by an MSU quarterback since Kevin Fant connected with Justin Jenkins from 70 yards away vs. Tulane in 2003 . . . Had his Week 6 work at Florida cut short by injury . . . Completed just two-of-five passes for 15 yards, with an interception, before being forced to the sideline with a bruised sternum against the Gators . . . Completed 14-of-31 passes for 84 yards in State’s Week 7 game with Houston . . . Connected on just one-of-six passes one week later at Kentucky . . . Saw limited duty in Week 9 action vs. Alabama, working for the first time in ’05 as a wide receiver . . . Completed one-of-two passes (minus 1 yard) and rushed three times (1 yard) against the Crimson Tide . . . Once he made the move to wide receiver, he made nine catches for 116 yards, a 12.9-yard average, over the final two weeks of the season . . . Saw almost full-time work at wide out in Week 10 work at Arkansas . . . Made a team-best and career-high five pass receptions for 47 yards against the Razorbacks . . . Earned the first start of his junior campaign at wide receiver in State’s season-ending 35-14 win over Ole Miss in the Battle for the Golden Egg . . . Caught four passes for 69 yards, a 17.3-yard average and rushed three times (3 yards) against the Rebels . . . Caught two passes for 28 yards, each a first-down conversion, on State’s touchdown-producing drive just prior to halftime that handed the team a 21-14 lead it would never relinquish . . . Continued the maturation process for a young quarterback in the West Coast Offense during a relatively injury-free spring . . . Missed the first few workouts with an ankle sprain, but responded with three solid scrimmages . . . Concluded the spring by completing four-of-eight passes for 118 yards in the Maroon and White game.
Started all nine of the games he played at the quarterback position, missing game action only due to injury . . . Completed 107-of-206 passes (.519) for 1,224 yards, six touchdowns and seven interceptions . . . Also rushed 67 times for 115 yards, a 1.7-yard average, and another score . . . Earned the team’s first-unit status at the quarterback position during preseason camp . . . Completed nine-of-17 passes for 102 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, in the Bulldogs’ season-opening 28-7 win over Tulane . . . Threw an 11-yard scoring toss to tight end Eric Butler midway through the third quarter to hand the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead at the time . . . He completed three-of-four passes for 53 yards in the drive . . . Also rushed seven times for 25 yards against the Green Wave . . . Completed 16-of-26 passes (.615) for 113 yards, no touchdowns, but no interceptions during Week 2 work vs. Auburn . . . Connected on his first seven throws against the Tigers and was 14-of-17 through the air in the first half . . . Hit on 21-of-34 passes (.618) for 250 yards, one touchdown and one interception against Maine in Week 3 action . . . His 18-yard scoring pass to tight end Eric Butler gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 first quarter lead over the Black Bears . . . After spending most of the week prior to the Week 4 game at LSU nursing a non-throwing shoulder injury, he completed just four-of-13 passes for 44 yards and three interceptions in Baton Rouge . . . Suffered a knee injury, however, on State’s first offensive possession of the second half and did not return to the game . . . A magnetic resonance imaging test conducted on 9/26 revealed a sprained medial collateral ligament , an injury that sidelined him three weeks (at Vanderbilt in Week 5, UAB in Week 6 and an open date) . . . Rebounded from his knee injury with a vengeance during the team’s Week 7 win over Florida . . . Completed 15-of-24 passes (.625) for 158 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions . . . Also rushed a career-high 13 times for a career-best 50 yards against the Gators, scoring once on the ground . . . He capped a 12-play, 76-yard game-opening drive by going 2 yards for a 7-0 Bulldog lead . . . Completed three-of-four passes on that drive, gaining 42 yards . . . Also rushed four times for 23 yards on that sequence . . . His 3-yard touchdown pass to McKinley Scott midway through the second quarter handed MSU a 14-7 lead at the time . . . He led the team 80 yards on eight snaps on that possession, completing all four pass attempts for 60 yards and adding a 5-yard run . . . He later engineered an 80-yard, 17-play TD drive and the game-winning 56-yard, five-snap possession to end the scoring . . . His rushing total against the Gators was the most yards gained on the ground by a Bulldog quarterback since Week 2 of the 2000 season (Wayne Madkin, 104 yards on seven carries vs. BYU) . . . Topped that rushing total one week later, running for 57 yards on nine attempts (6.3 yards per carry) in MSU’s 22-7 victory over Kentucky . . . Completed seven-of-17 passes for 79 yards and a pair of interceptions against the Wildcats . . . Completed seven-of-20 passes for 114 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions against Alabama in Week 9 . . . His 28-yard scoring pass to Tee Milons came on the Bulldogs’ first possession of the second half and pulled MSU within 20-14 at the time . . . Connected on his first eight throws on his way to completing 20-of-27 passes (season-best .741) for 214 yards and two touchdowns against Arkansas in Week 10 . . . Hit Tee Milons with a 26-yard scoring pass to hand his team a 14-0 lead with 5:14 left in the first quarter . . . His 2-yard TD toss to tight end Eric Butler just into the fourth quarter pulled the Bulldogs within the game’s final score, 24-21 . . . Also rushed four times for 22 yards against the Razorbacks . . . His 236 yards of total offense were a career high and he extended his consecutive pass attempts without an interception to 49 throws . . . Completed eight-of-28 passes for 150 yards and an interception in the team’s season-ending game vs. Ole Miss . . . Made a pre-spring move from wide receiver, where he competed as a true freshman, to quarterback . . . Opened the four-week spring session first on the depth chart at the new position and closed those drills in like fashion . . . Completed 18-of-37 passes for 294 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions, during three spring scrimmages.
Played in all but one game during his true freshman season (11 of 12) and earned three starting calls in the wide receiver rotation . . . Only missed seeing action in the season opener with Oregon . . . Caught 14 passes for 211 yards, a 15.1-yard average and rushed twice for 29 yards (14.5-yard average) from the line of scrimmage . . . Also returned one punt (2 yards) . . . Saw his first collegiate action on special teams in the Bulldogs’ Week 2 game at Tulane . . . Was involved with the “hands” team in late-game onside kickoff prevention . . . Caught his first collegiate pass, working as a wide receiver, against LSU in Week 4 . . . Gained 19 yards on that completion vs. the Tigers . . . Added two receptions for 34 yards in Week 6 win over Memphis . . . Registered a 32-yard reception in his first collegiate start against Auburn one week later . . . Caught two passes for 44 yards at Kentucky in Week 8 . . . Had a pair of pass receptions for 27 yards and led the team in rushing, carrying once for a 24-yard gain against Alabama in Week 9 . . . Had one catch (8 yards) a week later at Tennessee . . . Earned the other two starting calls of his freshman season in the campaign-closing games with Arkansas and Mississippi . . . Continued to receive increased work during that Week 11 action at Fayetteville . . . Tied for the team lead with three pass receptions (37 yards) against the Razorbacks . . . Had two catches for 10 yards in his true-freshman, season-ending game against Mississippi in the Battle for the Golden Egg.
Named Mr. Football in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger newspaper . . . Listed No. 5 on that newspaper’s ranking of the state’s 40 best football recruits . . . Tom Lemming has him ranked as the No. 13 quarterback prospect in the country on ESPN.com . . . Named first-team, all-state at the quarterback position by the Clarion-Ledger . . . Credited with running a 4.5 in the 40-yard dash by that newspaper . . . Named to the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as one of the state’s top 12 prospects prior to his senior season . . . Ranked with the top 30 quarterbacks in the nation by Phil Grosz in the preseason G&W Recruiting Report . . . Rated among the top 10 quarterbacks in the Southeast by PrepStar magazine prior to his senior campaign . . . Called the top QB prospect in Mississippi by that publication . . . Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, a list of the top 100 players in the South . . . Was one of just 10 quarterbacks mentioned on that prestigious team . . . Rated the No. 7 player overall in the state of Mississippi by SuperPrep in its season-ending all-America issue, the top-rated quarterback . . . Cited as the Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 4A Offensive Player of the Year, Region 2-4A most valuable player, and first-team, all-state in that division following the 2002 season . . . Accounted for 9,506 total yards and 110 touchdowns over his four seasons at Noxubee County, including 6,599 passing yards and 59 TD passes . . . Led his prep team to a 26-10 record and three consecutive state playoff appearances during his final three seasons at the prep level . . . Accounted for 4,146 yards and a state-record 54 touchdowns during a star-studded senior season for head coach M.C. Miller at Noxubee County High School . . . Completed 173-of-303 passes (57.1 percent) for 3,443 yards and 31 touchdowns, and rushed for 703 yards on 120 carries (5.9 per rush) and 23 more scores in ’02 . . . Led the state in passing yardage . . . Led his team to a 10-2 record and into the second round of the state playoffs as a senior, helping Noxubee County lead the state’s Class 4A schools in total offense (4,933 yards) . . . Was second-team, all-state as a junior . . . Paced the team to a 10-2 mark in ’01 as well, accounting for 2,561 yards and 33 touchdowns . . . He completed 87-of-156 passes (.558) for 1,549 yards and 16 touchdowns . . . Rushed 113 times for 1,012 yards, an 8.9-yard per carry average, and 17 touchdowns . . . Also a standout basketball player on the prep level . . . Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School all-star game.
Born Omarr Conner, 11-22-84, in Starkville, Miss. . . . Son of Vola Mae Conner . . . Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Made an immediate impact for Mississippi State upon his arrival on campus . . . Became a factor from the outset in the Bulldog receiving corps and on special teams, but made a second-year move to quarterback . . . Returned to the wide receiver position near the end of his junior season,. . . Has played in 31 games (17 at QB and 14 at WR) with 21 starting calls to his credit (17 at QB, 4 at WR) . . . Only missed playing time due to injury . . . Has completed 193-of-373 passes (.517) for 2,127 yards, 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions . . . Has caught 23 passes for 327 yards, a 14.2-yard average and rushed 113 times for 129 yards (1.1-yard average) and a touchdown . . . Also returned one punt (2 yards) in limited duty in the return game . . . Came to State following a high school career in which he was named Mr. Football in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
2006:
Continued to make his mark in the wide receiver picture with a productive spring practice . . . Had nine catches for 134 yards, a 14.9-yard average, and one touchdown, working in just two spring scrimmages . . . Held out of the spring-ending Maroon and White game as an injury precaution . . . Will open the fall at the top of the depth chart at one wide receiver position.
2005:
Played in all 11 games during his junior season, earning nine starting calls ? eight at the quarterback position and one at wide receiver . . . Started the first eight games of the year at the signal-calling position, before making a late-season return to the wide receiver rotation . . . Started the season finale vs. Ole Miss at wide out . . . Completed 86-of-167 passes (.515) for 903 yards, eight touchdowns and five interceptions . . . Also rushed 44 times (minus 15 yards) . . . When he made the move to wide receiver, he caught nine passes for 116 yards, 12.9-yard average . . . Had one of the top games of his young career at quarterback and one of the most productive in the history of Mississippi State football during the Bulldogs’ season-opening 38-6 win over Murray State . . . Completed 17-of-24 passes (.708) for 233 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions, in the win over the Racers . . . Connected twice with Keon Humphries and once each with Tee Milons and Eric Butler in the victory . . . The four touchdowns were a career high and tied a single-game school record held by both Tony Shell (1988) and Derrick Taite (1994 and ’95) . . . His 37-yard TD throw to Milons put the Bulldogs ahead for good at 10-6 midway through the second quarter, and the first of his scoring throws to Humphries (49 yards) came just two minutes later . . . He hooked up with Humphries again (34 yards) two minutes after halftime for a 24-6 advantage, and his TD aerial to Butler gave MSU a 31-6 lead . . . He also rushed three times for 21 yards against Murray . . . Completed 10-of-19 passes for 116 yards and the first interception of his junior season during MState’s SEC opener at Auburn in Week 2 . . . The interception was his first in 44 straight pass attempts dating to the final game of the ’04 season . . . Completed 13-of-26 passes for 108 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, in State’s Week 3 win over Tulane . . . His two scoring tosses, a 3-yarder to halfback Jerious Norwood and an 18-yarder to tight end Eric Butler came in a five and one-half minute stretch during the middle of the third quarter . . . Connected on 19-of-32 passes for 205 yards, one touchdown and one interception in Week 4 work against Georgia . . . His 4-yard TD pass to Eric Butler with 7:18 left in the game closed out the Bulldog scoring . . . Connected on nine-of-22 passes for 141 yards, one touchdown and an interception, in Week 5 action vs. LSU . . . His 66-yard touchdown pass to former high school teammate Joey Sanders came on State’s first possession of the game and gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead on the Tigers . . . It was his career-long TD pass and the longest scoring completion by an MSU quarterback since Kevin Fant connected with Justin Jenkins from 70 yards away vs. Tulane in 2003 . . . Had his Week 6 work at Florida cut short by injury . . . Completed just two-of-five passes for 15 yards, with an interception, before being forced to the sideline with a bruised sternum against the Gators . . . Completed 14-of-31 passes for 84 yards in State’s Week 7 game with Houston . . . Connected on just one-of-six passes one week later at Kentucky . . . Saw limited duty in Week 9 action vs. Alabama, working for the first time in ’05 as a wide receiver . . . Completed one-of-two passes (minus 1 yard) and rushed three times (1 yard) against the Crimson Tide . . . Once he made the move to wide receiver, he made nine catches for 116 yards, a 12.9-yard average, over the final two weeks of the season . . . Saw almost full-time work at wide out in Week 10 work at Arkansas . . . Made a team-best and career-high five pass receptions for 47 yards against the Razorbacks . . . Earned the first start of his junior campaign at wide receiver in State’s season-ending 35-14 win over Ole Miss in the Battle for the Golden Egg . . . Caught four passes for 69 yards, a 17.3-yard average and rushed three times (3 yards) against the Rebels . . . Caught two passes for 28 yards, each a first-down conversion, on State’s touchdown-producing drive just prior to halftime that handed the team a 21-14 lead it would never relinquish . . . Continued the maturation process for a young quarterback in the West Coast Offense during a relatively injury-free spring . . . Missed the first few workouts with an ankle sprain, but responded with three solid scrimmages . . . Concluded the spring by completing four-of-eight passes for 118 yards in the Maroon and White game.
2004:
Started all nine of the games he played at the quarterback position, missing game action only due to injury . . . Completed 107-of-206 passes (.519) for 1,224 yards, six touchdowns and seven interceptions . . . Also rushed 67 times for 115 yards, a 1.7-yard average, and another score . . . Earned the team’s first-unit status at the quarterback position during preseason camp . . . Completed nine-of-17 passes for 102 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions, in the Bulldogs’ season-opening 28-7 win over Tulane . . . Threw an 11-yard scoring toss to tight end Eric Butler midway through the third quarter to hand the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead at the time . . . He completed three-of-four passes for 53 yards in the drive . . . Also rushed seven times for 25 yards against the Green Wave . . . Completed 16-of-26 passes (.615) for 113 yards, no touchdowns, but no interceptions during Week 2 work vs. Auburn . . . Connected on his first seven throws against the Tigers and was 14-of-17 through the air in the first half . . . Hit on 21-of-34 passes (.618) for 250 yards, one touchdown and one interception against Maine in Week 3 action . . . His 18-yard scoring pass to tight end Eric Butler gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 first quarter lead over the Black Bears . . . After spending most of the week prior to the Week 4 game at LSU nursing a non-throwing shoulder injury, he completed just four-of-13 passes for 44 yards and three interceptions in Baton Rouge . . . Suffered a knee injury, however, on State’s first offensive possession of the second half and did not return to the game . . . A magnetic resonance imaging test conducted on 9/26 revealed a sprained medial collateral ligament , an injury that sidelined him three weeks (at Vanderbilt in Week 5, UAB in Week 6 and an open date) . . . Rebounded from his knee injury with a vengeance during the team’s Week 7 win over Florida . . . Completed 15-of-24 passes (.625) for 158 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions . . . Also rushed a career-high 13 times for a career-best 50 yards against the Gators, scoring once on the ground . . . He capped a 12-play, 76-yard game-opening drive by going 2 yards for a 7-0 Bulldog lead . . . Completed three-of-four passes on that drive, gaining 42 yards . . . Also rushed four times for 23 yards on that sequence . . . His 3-yard touchdown pass to McKinley Scott midway through the second quarter handed MSU a 14-7 lead at the time . . . He led the team 80 yards on eight snaps on that possession, completing all four pass attempts for 60 yards and adding a 5-yard run . . . He later engineered an 80-yard, 17-play TD drive and the game-winning 56-yard, five-snap possession to end the scoring . . . His rushing total against the Gators was the most yards gained on the ground by a Bulldog quarterback since Week 2 of the 2000 season (Wayne Madkin, 104 yards on seven carries vs. BYU) . . . Topped that rushing total one week later, running for 57 yards on nine attempts (6.3 yards per carry) in MSU’s 22-7 victory over Kentucky . . . Completed seven-of-17 passes for 79 yards and a pair of interceptions against the Wildcats . . . Completed seven-of-20 passes for 114 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions against Alabama in Week 9 . . . His 28-yard scoring pass to Tee Milons came on the Bulldogs’ first possession of the second half and pulled MSU within 20-14 at the time . . . Connected on his first eight throws on his way to completing 20-of-27 passes (season-best .741) for 214 yards and two touchdowns against Arkansas in Week 10 . . . Hit Tee Milons with a 26-yard scoring pass to hand his team a 14-0 lead with 5:14 left in the first quarter . . . His 2-yard TD toss to tight end Eric Butler just into the fourth quarter pulled the Bulldogs within the game’s final score, 24-21 . . . Also rushed four times for 22 yards against the Razorbacks . . . His 236 yards of total offense were a career high and he extended his consecutive pass attempts without an interception to 49 throws . . . Completed eight-of-28 passes for 150 yards and an interception in the team’s season-ending game vs. Ole Miss . . . Made a pre-spring move from wide receiver, where he competed as a true freshman, to quarterback . . . Opened the four-week spring session first on the depth chart at the new position and closed those drills in like fashion . . . Completed 18-of-37 passes for 294 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions, during three spring scrimmages.
2003:
Played in all but one game during his true freshman season (11 of 12) and earned three starting calls in the wide receiver rotation . . . Only missed seeing action in the season opener with Oregon . . . Caught 14 passes for 211 yards, a 15.1-yard average and rushed twice for 29 yards (14.5-yard average) from the line of scrimmage . . . Also returned one punt (2 yards) . . . Saw his first collegiate action on special teams in the Bulldogs’ Week 2 game at Tulane . . . Was involved with the “hands” team in late-game onside kickoff prevention . . . Caught his first collegiate pass, working as a wide receiver, against LSU in Week 4 . . . Gained 19 yards on that completion vs. the Tigers . . . Added two receptions for 34 yards in Week 6 win over Memphis . . . Registered a 32-yard reception in his first collegiate start against Auburn one week later . . . Caught two passes for 44 yards at Kentucky in Week 8 . . . Had a pair of pass receptions for 27 yards and led the team in rushing, carrying once for a 24-yard gain against Alabama in Week 9 . . . Had one catch (8 yards) a week later at Tennessee . . . Earned the other two starting calls of his freshman season in the campaign-closing games with Arkansas and Mississippi . . . Continued to receive increased work during that Week 11 action at Fayetteville . . . Tied for the team lead with three pass receptions (37 yards) against the Razorbacks . . . Had two catches for 10 yards in his true-freshman, season-ending game against Mississippi in the Battle for the Golden Egg.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Named Mr. Football in the state of Mississippi by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger newspaper . . . Listed No. 5 on that newspaper’s ranking of the state’s 40 best football recruits . . . Tom Lemming has him ranked as the No. 13 quarterback prospect in the country on ESPN.com . . . Named first-team, all-state at the quarterback position by the Clarion-Ledger . . . Credited with running a 4.5 in the 40-yard dash by that newspaper . . . Named to the Clarion-Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as one of the state’s top 12 prospects prior to his senior season . . . Ranked with the top 30 quarterbacks in the nation by Phil Grosz in the preseason G&W Recruiting Report . . . Rated among the top 10 quarterbacks in the Southeast by PrepStar magazine prior to his senior campaign . . . Called the top QB prospect in Mississippi by that publication . . . Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100, a list of the top 100 players in the South . . . Was one of just 10 quarterbacks mentioned on that prestigious team . . . Rated the No. 7 player overall in the state of Mississippi by SuperPrep in its season-ending all-America issue, the top-rated quarterback . . . Cited as the Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 4A Offensive Player of the Year, Region 2-4A most valuable player, and first-team, all-state in that division following the 2002 season . . . Accounted for 9,506 total yards and 110 touchdowns over his four seasons at Noxubee County, including 6,599 passing yards and 59 TD passes . . . Led his prep team to a 26-10 record and three consecutive state playoff appearances during his final three seasons at the prep level . . . Accounted for 4,146 yards and a state-record 54 touchdowns during a star-studded senior season for head coach M.C. Miller at Noxubee County High School . . . Completed 173-of-303 passes (57.1 percent) for 3,443 yards and 31 touchdowns, and rushed for 703 yards on 120 carries (5.9 per rush) and 23 more scores in ’02 . . . Led the state in passing yardage . . . Led his team to a 10-2 record and into the second round of the state playoffs as a senior, helping Noxubee County lead the state’s Class 4A schools in total offense (4,933 yards) . . . Was second-team, all-state as a junior . . . Paced the team to a 10-2 mark in ’01 as well, accounting for 2,561 yards and 33 touchdowns . . . He completed 87-of-156 passes (.558) for 1,549 yards and 16 touchdowns . . . Rushed 113 times for 1,012 yards, an 8.9-yard per carry average, and 17 touchdowns . . . Also a standout basketball player on the prep level . . . Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School all-star game.
PERSONAL:
Born Omarr Conner, 11-22-84, in Starkville, Miss. . . . Son of Vola Mae Conner . . . Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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