13  Cody Keith
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Charlotte High School: Cheshire Academy Height / Weight: 6-3 / 200 Position: Quarterback Experience: SQ

The youngest of four candidates who will vie for the Pirates' top quarterback job this fall ... Has fully recovered from a left ankle injury, which he originally suffered during an all-star contest on Feb. 2, 2011 (after signing and enrolling early at East Carolina) ... Played through pain during initial spring practice period and got off to a late start during the fall before contributing on scout squad ... Conversely, enjoyed a strong 2012 spring that vaulted him into full contention for a starting position as a redshirt freshman ... Topped all passers with a 10-of-11, 104-yard, one-touchdown effort in the first scrimmage on March 31 ... In addition to engineering a unit-high six first downs, connected with Derrick Harris on a 27-yard scoring strike for the offense's only TD of the day ... Was three-of-10 (23 yards) in the second scrimmage, but wrapped up spring work by completing nine-of-18 passes for 69 yards during the Purple-Gold Game on April 14 ... Led offense to scores (two field goals) in four possessions while racking up seven first downs ... Offers an on-the-field maturity level and polish beyond his years to go along with fundamental pass-throwing attributes ... Well-documented travels were the subject of a documentary (submitted to an independent film festival), which completed its shooting in Greenville during the late winter of 2011 ... Competed for the U19 National Team in USA Football's 2011 Team USA vs. The World Game in Austin, Texas on Feb. 2 ... Completed one pass for four yards in limited action for the victorious American squad before suffering the aforementioned injury ... Possesses the highest physical "flexibility" grade among all quarterbacks with a 12 and matched Shane Carden with a position-best mark of 12 in the long shuttle.

2011: Redshirted during initial season in ECU program ... Provided notable efforts to scout team once cleared from ankle injury.

Prep School: Threw for 3,840 yards and 39 touchdowns at prep school Cheshire Academy in 2010 ... Tallied a Connecticut single-game record 637 yards passing against St. Thomas More ... Threw eight touchdown passes in back-to-back games against St. Thomas More and Westminster ... Guided Cats to an 8-1 record and a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Dan Rorke Bowl title in 2010 ... Passed for 435 yards and two touchdowns in bowl victory over the New Hampton School ... Played for head coach Danny O'Dea at Cheshire.

High School: As a senior at Maranatha High School (Pasadena, Calif.), led team to 9-3 record and a quarterfinals appearance in the East Valley Division of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section playoffs ... Minutemen went undefeated in conference play for the first time in 23 years ... Finished senior year completing 157-of-235 passes (66.8 percent) for 2,212 yards and 21 touchdowns ... Added 507 yards and 10 TDs on the ground ... Head coach at Maranatha was Joel Murphy ... Graduated from MHS during commencement exercises in May, 2010 ... Played for head coach James Martin at South Mecklenburg as a junior, helping team to a 9-6 record and a berth in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A state semifinals ... Tallied over 1,000 passing yards and threw 11 touchdowns for the Sabres ... Served as a backup quarterback at Myers Park during sophomore year.

Personal: Full name is Christian Calhoun Keith ... Son of Greg and India Keith ... Youngest of five children ... Brother-in-law is Webb Simpson, who captured the 2012 U.S. Open title at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on June 17 (married to sister Dowd) ... A communications major who has earned ECU Honor Roll (3.0 grade point average or higher) status in all three of his semesters on campus (spring/2011, fall/2011 and spring/2012).