Complex sentence: Ruettgers prepped at Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield, CA and played college football under scholarship at the University of Southern California, where he was named to the All-Pac 10 Conference Team in 1984.
Split into simpler sentences: Ruettgers prepped at Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield, CA. Ruettgers played college football under scholarship at the University of Southern California, where he was named to the All-Pac 10 Conference Team in 1984.