<P> In track & field, Tannehill competed in the hurdling and jumping events . At the 2006 District 4 - 4A Championships, he placed third in the 300m hurdles (41.24 s) and earned a second - place finish in the triple jump event (13.19 m). </P> <P> Tannehill redshirted his first season (2007) at Texas A&M after turning down offers from the University of Houston, TCU, Tulsa, and UTEP . </P> <P> Before Tannehill's second season, Mike Sherman took over as head coach . In summer camp, Tannehill competed against veteran quarterback Stephen McGee and redshirt sophomore Jerrod Johnson for the starting quarterback position . He finished third in the contest, behind Johnson and then McGee . Sherman, whose offense utilizes true receivers, moved Tannehill to wide receiver . </P> <P> In his fifth game, he posted freshman school records of 210 yards on 12 catches . After his six receptions for 78 yards in the Iowa State game, he broke the freshman school records for receptions and receiving yards . Tannehill finished his redshirt freshman season with 844 receiving yards, which was 11 yards shy of breaking Robert Ferguson's record set in 2000 . He attempted only one pass at quarterback the whole season . </P>

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