Flynn began playing quarterback when he was in third grade. However, the Tyler, Texas native took a four-year hiatus from football before returning to the gridiron in seventh grade. Even when he wasn’t playing organized football, Flynn was developing his skills as a quarterback with the help from his favorite coach – his father. Alvin Flynn played quarterback for Baylor from 1967-69. Matt says his dad taught him the fundamentals of being a quarterback through high school.
“He taught me everything I know about throwing,” Flynn explained. “He is the reason that I am in the position I am right now. He taught me about mechanics and how to approach the game mentally.”
Alvin’s coaching paid off as Matt played quarterback at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. In his senior season, Flynn led the Red Raiders to the state playoffs. His impressive high school campaign, however, looked like it had come to an abrupt end in the first round of the playoffs. Midway through the Red Raiders’ first-round contest, a defender wrapped Flynn’s legs up, breaking his left foot. The break was a short-lived speed bump as Flynn was back in action the next round. Flynn continued to play and played well enough to take his team to the semifinals.
“It was tough because I was running a lot prior to the break,” Flynn commented. “But from there I just tried to stay in the pocket and move as little as possible.”
Playing three playoff games on a broken foot added to an already remarkable résumé for college recruiters, helping him to land at LSU.
Dangerous Duo
Last season, Russell and Dwayne Bowe set an LSU career record by connecting for 23 touchdown passes. Both Russell and Bowe were NFL first-round draft picks. This season Flynn and top target Early Doucet hope to gel as well as their predecessors did.
“I feel that Early and I have a good chemistry together,” Flynn said. “I know where he is going to be before he gets there. If it helps the team, then I am going to try and get him the ball as much as possible.”
Flynn and Doucet met many times over the summer to work on their chemistry. The Tiger tandem practiced so much together that their teammates gave them a nickname – Salt and Pepper. With Flynn as Salt and Doucet as Pepper, the duo uses their nicknames to communicate on the field.
LSU won the BCS National Championship in 2003, Flynn’s first year as a Tiger. There is no reason to believe his LSU career can’t end the same way it started.
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Jason Robertson is a husband and a father and a pastor. He is dedicated to leading and equipping his the Church with God’s word and biblical theology for life ministry, using a combination of pastoral, church planting and evangelism experience. He holds a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is experienced in church planting, evangelism, missions, and the training of pastors and Bible teachers.
Jason has been preaching the gospel since 1985, serving the first ten years of ministry as a Southern Baptist itinerant evangelist out of Milldale Baptist Church in Zachary, LA which ordained him in 1993. He has preached in hundreds of churches in over 30 States and 4 countries. He planted churches in Siberia, Russia in the summers of 1993 and 1994. He founded Murrieta Valley Church in California, which he planted in cooperation with the SBC NAMB in 2001. He also teaches ministry students at California Baptist University.
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