Terrance Highsmith

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
169
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Highland Park, NJ

Carolina’s most mobile quarterback, Highsmith has quick feet and good running ability • Has a strong arm and is eager to learn the position • Completed 3 of 8 passes for 38 yards in the Spring Game • Red-shirted in 2000 • Has a strong leg and may have an opportunity to punt.

Highland Park High School
A three-year starter who earned all-conference honors in football, basketball and track • Selected to play in the Governor’s Bowl, a high school football all-star game between the top players in New Jersey and New York • As a senior, completed 74 of 138 passes for 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns and rushed for 1,079 yards and 11 touchdowns • As a junior he passed for over 1,400 yards • Had 27 career touchdown passes and had 10 rushing touchdowns of 60 or more yards • At defensive back, he had 13 interceptions, recovered two fumbles, made 61 tackles, had two sacks and deflected seven passes • Also punted and kicked off, averaging 39 yards per punt • Averaged 19.2 points per game in basketball, can dunk with both hands and played in New Jersey’s all-star basketball game • Was an all-area selection in football and basketball by the New Brunswick Home News Tribune • Coached in football by Joe Policastro.

Personal
Born Terrance Kardel Highsmith Jr. on August 8, 1983 in New Brunswick, N.J. • Nicknamed “T-High” • Has two sisters • Hobbies including rapping and playing video games • Favorite former Carolina players are Ronald Curry and Julius Peppers • Wears No. 8 because he was born in the eighth month of the year on the eighth day of the month • Has modeled his game after Donovan McNabb • Enrolled in the General College.