QB Kiser following lead of ex-Bulldog McGee

BURNET — A decade ago, 6-year-old Derek Kiser hung on every word Burnet High School quarterback Stephen McGee told him.

Then, McGee was leading the Bulldogs to back-to-back appearances in the Class 3A state championship game, and young Kiser wanted to be just like him.

In fact, Kiser even wore No. 7 when he began playing football, the same number McGee, now a member of the Dallas Cowboys, still wears.

PHOTO: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Stephen McGee (middle) gives brothers Drew (left), Luke and Derek Kiser a tour of the locker room at Valley Ranch, the Cowboys’ training facility, in 2010. For the 2012 season, Derek Kiser will be Burnet High School’s starting quarterback, a role McGee filled a decade earlier. Courtesy photo