The last name Killings has been linked with Miami Northwestern High for nearly three decades.

Greg Killings Sr., the school's former athletic director and Bulls' alumnus, worked 26 years at Northwestern before resigning before the season.

Greg Killings Jr. starred on the Bulls' basketball team earlier this decade and played at Rice University.

The Killings family's youngest son, Terrell, the Bulls' starting right guard and an honors student, is ready to leave his own contribution to the family legacy Saturday.

Killings, the only returning starter on the offensive line from last year's state championship team, will try to help Northwestern (14-0) win back-to-back state championships for the first time when it takes on Orlando Boone (14-0) at 7 p.m. in the Class 6A state championship game Saturday at the Florida Citrus Bowl.

''Terrell's very manageable and he's the one directing things all the time,'' Northwestern offensive line coach Terrance Craig said. ``His leadership carries over to all of the guys on the line.''

Killings (6-4, 285 pounds) has a 4.3 weighted and 3.3 unweighted grade-point average, and is being recruited by Memphis, Harvard and Fordham. He's also been contacted recently by scouts at UM. His GPA is the second-highest on the team, next to injured lineman Vincent Marshall's 4.4.

The four new starters around Killings that have propelled Northwestern's prolific offense are tackles Brandon Washington and Ben Jones, guard Barton Sears and center Ry'Chaun Adams. All five lineman have stayed healthy and been a model for consistency, starting all 14 games and earning the praise of quarterback Jacory Harris.

But it's Killings who has been the rock, Harris said.

''Terrell means the world to us because he's the only offensive lineman that's been starting since I've been starting,'' Harris said. ``He's the only lineman that hasn't given up a sack this season. Terrell just directs everything on the line.''

Killings wants to major in business or sports management and is taking honors courses in English and government, as well as advanced-placement biology. Killings said one of his biggest inspirations is his older sister, Tiffany, who had health problems in her youth due to complications from dwarfism.

''She's a great inspiration to me,'' Killings said. ``That's my reason for wanting to make it in life -- to make sure she doesn't have to worry about anything.''

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