Career
He currently holds the NFHS High School Record for the long jump, with a jump of 26" 4.75," 8.04 metres set while winning the CIF California State High School Championships in Norwalk, California on June 3, 1989. See the jump on youtube. In 1991, as a 20-year-old, he placed second behind Mike Powell in the United States Olympic Festival, Powell would claim the World Record in the Long Jump two years later, a record he still holds.
With exceptional junior athletics results like these, one would normally expect an outstanding career as a collegiate or elite athlete.
Number such career seems to exist. lieutenant ranked him 21st in the United States that year.