 A native of Miami, Florida, David attended Northwestern High School, where he was a teammate of Marcus Forston, Anthony Gaitor, Jacory Harris, Sean Spence, Tommy Streeter, and Brandon Washington.Northwestern won back-to-back state titles in 2006 and 2007, and was listed as mythical national champions by "USA Today" in 2007.Regarded as only a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, David was not highly recruited.