Bradford graduated in 2003 from Fremont High School in Los Angeles, California and was one of the best receivers in the nation at the time, being ranked by PrepStar as the No.4 wide receiver in the country and as the No. 1 in the west. Not only talented as a wide receiver on the grid iron, Bradford was able to showcase his skills on the basketball court and was a two-time All-City selection in both sports. Mark played basketball for the Stanford Cardinal during his freshman and sophomore years of college but then quit to focus on football.[1]