Check this article out to get some idea of his background.
How Cade McNamara became the best quarterback in Northern Nevada history
When Cade McNamara was in sixth grade, he remembers his father asking him a simple question. “What do you want to be serious about? ” his dad, Gary, asked him. McNamara was an excellent athlete, splitting time between football (where he was a pummeling running back and powerful defensive end)...
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