PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland State University has signed Texas High School football star Cody Worthen to a National Letter of Intent for the next season.

Worthen is a 5-11, 185-pound free safety. He earned Academic All-District honors as a senior. Worthen was also a finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club's Defensive Player of the Year.

He has been chosen to compete in the 2008 Bayou Bowl, Texas vs. Louisiana, in June.

Worthen was voted his team's Outstanding Defensive Back two years in a row.

Worthen joins Head Coach Jerry Glanville's 2008 recruiting class of 30 and will be one of 25 players joining the team in August for preseason practice.