Ryan Lindley Class: Freshman Hometown: Alpine, Calif. High School: El Capitan High Height / Weight: 6-3 / 205 Position: Quarterback Experience: RS

A strong-armed passer, who is scheduled to make his Aztec debut this season ... Ended 2008 spring drills as the front-runner for the starting quarterback job ... Redshirted as a true freshman in 2007.

2007: Traveled but did not see action as a true freshman.

High School: Played two seasons of varsity football at El Capitan High School under coach Ron Burner ... As a senior, completed 61 percent of his passes (235-for-385) for 3,521 yards, including 35 touchdowns ... 2006 CalHiSports second-team all-state and first-team pick for Division III ... League, CIF, San Diego Union-Tribune and Breitbard Hall of Champions Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Russ Saunders Award recipient, given to the county's top senior student-athlete in football by the Hall of Champions ... Helped the Vaqueros to a league title and an 11-1 record last season, the best in school history ... Threw for 417 yards in a single game in 2006, the eighth-highest passing total in section history ... His junior season, threw for over 2,000 yards and tossed 14 TD passes ... Career totals include 5,741 yards passing and 49 touchdowns ... Two-time team captain ... Rated the 34th-best quarterback nationally and the No. 97 player overall in California by Rivals.com ... Scout.com lists him among the top 50 quarterback recruits in the nation and No. 6 in California ... Ranked No. 62 overall by SuperPrep Magazine in the state ... An honor student, who ranked in the top six percent of his class and garnered first-team all-academic honors by the San Diego Union-Tribune two straight years ... Also played baseball at El Cap.

Personal: Born June 22, 1989, in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Tim and Kay Linn Lindley ... Father, Tim, played water polo at Occidental College ... Also visited Idaho during the recruiting process ... Major is social science.