Bo Jackson. Deion Sanders. The Lone Star State’s own Kyler Murray. Those are just a few athletes that excelled at multiple sports.

While Anthony Black is not quite on that level just yet, the Coppell High School two-sport star is making a name for himself on both the football field and the basketball court, racking up numerous Division I offers in each sport before he even begins his junior year.

Coppell head football coach Michael DeWitt has watched Black, who was just 15 years old throughout his sophomore season, step up to the challenge time and time again. DeWitt credits Black’s hard work as to why he has been – and will continue to be – successful.

“He is a competitor. He likes to compete,” DeWitt explained. “He wants to win, and he wants to be great.  Great work ethic. It’s not easy to play two sports at a high level.”

Black possesses strong athletic bloodlines: his mother, Jennifer, played collegiate soccer at Baylor, and his father, Terry, starred on the hardwood in Waco, while averaging 13.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.6 steals per game for the Bears while earning all-conference honors.

“My dad gives me tips on how to handle recruiting because he has gone through everything and has done everything that I want to go do,” Black said. “My mom tells me to keep all of my options open and to talk to everybody that reaches out because you never know if the coaches will be somewhere else in a couple of years.”

Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Baylor’s Scott Drew, Texas’ Shaka Smart and Texas Tech’s Chris Beard have all extended scholarship offers to Black to play basketball, who says playmaking is his best trait on the court.

“I consider myself to be a playmaker,” Black said. “I’m a pass-first guy, and I like to get my teammates involved, but if we need to get a bucket, I can go get a bucket. I can get to the basket and can shoot.”