Yeah he played the big football star with the fancy car that gets wrecked. (I just watched the movie two days ago) It's crazy to see how far actors like Forrest and Sean Penn have come since that movie.
Not to mention Nick Cage, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, Ray Walston (although he was already famous), Vincent Schiavelli and Anthony Edwards.
Too bad for the latter-day careers of Judge Reinholt, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus and Brian Backner, the last two being the stars of the movie.
Best high school movie ever.