He was the 400 m NCAA Indoor champion in 1992 and 1995. He twice shared in the NCAA 4×400-meter relay title with his Baylor teammates, winning indoors in 1992 and outdoors in 1995. He set a personal record of 44.75 seconds in Austin, Texas in June 1992 and went on to take the world junior title in Seoul later that year, winning the 400 m at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics.