McKenzie attended Riverview High School where he was a first-team All-Hillsborough County selection by the Tampa Tribune and second-team all-county pick by the St. Petersburg Times as a running back.
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Before the 2007 season McKenzie transferred to the University of South Florida, receiving a hardship waiver from the NCAA allowing him to play immediately.
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McKenzie had transferred to be closer to his widowed mother who was injured in a car accident and lost her business; McKenzie worked the overnight shift at a Hampton Inn in order to support her.
County Tyrone | Tyrone Power | Tyrone | Tyrone GAA | Baker & McKenzie | Tyrone Guthrie | McKenzie Westmore | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone | Reggie McKenzie (linebacker) | Reggie McKenzie | Julia McKenzie | Earl of Tyrone | Bret McKenzie | Tyrone Willingham | Tyrone Power, Sr. | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Tyrone Calico | Scott McKenzie | Raleigh McKenzie | McKenzie Bridge, Oregon | McKenzie Bridge | Graham McKenzie | Fred McKenzie | Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency) | Duke McKenzie | Clinton McKenzie | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Tyrone Wheatley | Tyrone Power (1795–1841) | Sally McKenzie |