He attended Sprayberry High School in Marietta and was a three-year starter and two-time All-League and All-County selection.

He then transferred to Northeast Mississippi Community College in December 2009 after he was suspended from Michigan State for being present at a residence hall during an incident in which several of his teammates were charged with assault.

“I got focused on what wasn’t important, and I needed to switch it up and get refocused again.” While at Troy, Trawick had 206 tackles, one sack, three interceptions, nine pass deflections, and one forced fumble.

Trawick’s father, George, was the head basketball coach at DeVry University in the early 1990s.

On January 12, 1992, Troy State University defeated DeVry 258–141 in a game that is considered to have established several unbreakable records.