Biography
HIGH SCHOOL
A June 2022 graduate of John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Gary Gutierrez … Two-time First Team Class 6A All-District honoree as a running back … Unanimous First Team All-District running back following his senior year … Voted the No. 1 running back in Texas Class 6A football … Second Team Academic All-State selection in football … First Team Academic All-District selection in football, baseball and track and field … Earned All-Star Game invitation in 2021 … Three-year football team captain … Played running back, quarterback, free safety, outside linebacker, punter, and slot receiver for the Mustangs … Rushed for 724 yards rushing and eight touchdowns on 82 carries (8.8 average) in six games played as a senior … Finished with 1,266 all-purpose yards, rushed for 1,208 yards and seven touchdowns on 198 carries in nine games as a junior … Earned Channel 5 Player of the Week honors after rushing for 216 yards on 13 carries vs. O’Connor … Registered 1,358 all-purpose yards, rushed for 987 yards and 14 touchdowns on 111 carries (8.9 yards per carry on 111 carries and had four touchdown receptions in 10 games played as a sophomore … Scored five touchdowns and racked up 316 all-purpose yards in a win over Stevens in 2019 … Earned eight varsity letters at John Jay … Four-year member of the track and field team and also played baseball for one year … Competed in the 4x100-meter relay, 200-meter dash, 400-meter run, high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put, and discus … Played outfield … Served as team captain in both track and field and baseball … Class 6A Region and Area qualifier in the shot put in 2020 … Registered a 50-4 throw in the shot put in 2022 … Named the Class of 2022 Salutatorian … Involved in a variety of community service activities … Read to kindergarten students at John Glenn Elementary School (2020-21), served as a middle school track and field meet worker (2018-22), served as a door greeter at Fisher Elementary School (2020-21), worked as a scorekeeper for youth basketball games with Christian Youth Sports (2018-21), and was involved with Toys for Tots (2015).
PERSONAL
Born Xadrian Knight Huerta on September 16, 2003 in Arlington, Texas … Son of Valentin Huerta and Tiffanie Reyes .. Has a younger sister Solyce Huerta and younger brother Dominic Huerta … Father is a retired military officer and mother is a high school teacher and coach … Mother competed in track and field in college … Father graduated from UTSA and mother earned a bachelor’s degree from UTA, Master’s degree from Lamar, and Doctorate from Northcentral… Nickname is Xae (Zay) … Hobbies and interests include fishing, hiking, weightlifting, landscaping, photography, digital media, yoga, and hardscaping … Can play the guitar … Favorite sport other than football is sand volleyball … Role model is his mother because of the respect he has for her hard work, sacrifice which allowed him to have an amazing childhood … Columbia was the first school to offer him an opportunity play football … Selected Columbia because it will put him in position for success in the future along with the opportunity to play NCAA Division I football at an elite university … Chose Columbia after being recruited by Trinity, Lamar, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Penn, Air Force, Navy, Texas Tech, UTSA, and Texas State … Enrolled at Columbia College … Intends to major in Business.
