Mark Leal ‘s recruiting card

Mark Leal enjoyed a stellar career at Atlantic High School (Delray Beach, FL), finishing as the school’s career passing yardage leader with 5,087 yards and tying the career mark for touchdowns with 49. Former Bowling Green star signal caller Omar Jacobs, who was the previous holder of those two records, has served as Atlantic’s quarterbacks coach the past two seasons and has certainly helped Leal’s development.

“Coach Jacobs has been coaching me since the summer before my junior year,” Leal said. “He taught me how to read a defense. Other teams try to disguise things, so he taught me how to break down the defense. He showed me how to chop up film, look at the other team’s tendencies and what to watch out for.”

Jacobs helped the 6-1, 185-pound Virginia Tech recruit in high school and also passed along advice for the next level.

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