Taquan Mizzell earned the nickname "Smoke" his first year at Bayside High School (Virginia Beach, VA). The 5'10", 180-pound running back, now a junior, didn't play on the varsity his freshman season, but he did impress top Marlins varsity players including Tra Nicholson, Henry Coley and more.

"My freshman year, we would do open field tackling drills and I'd go against our big-time players," Mizzell recalled. "I always made the person I was going against miss."