UCLA walk-ons
UCLA sent out a release of its walk-ons joining the program. Some have already been reported, but here is the release from the school:
No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age DOB Yr Exp Hometown High School/Last School
26 Abbott, Andrew DB 5-10 170 18 05/23/90 Fr. HS Long Beach, CA Mater Dei
44 Davis, Ian DE 6-5 210 18 11/22/89 Fr. HS Houston, TX Clear Creek
24 Dickman, Jeff CB 5-9 175 18 05/21/90 Fr. HS Woodland Hills, CA Notre Dame
78 Downey, Brett OL 6-7 270 18 03/07/90 Fr. HS Altaville, CA Bret Harte
76 Hill, Austin OL 6-3 285 18 03/24/90 Fr. HS Los Alamitos, CA Los Alamitos
94 Mann, Justin DT 6-3 255 18 04/20/90 Fr. HS Woodinville, WA Woodinville
48 McDermott, Kevin TE 6-5 235 18 01/12/90 Fr. HS Nashville, TN Ensworth
47 Medina, Ryan LB 6-3 235 18 07/10/90 Fr. HS Oxnard, CA St. Bonaventure
35 Rose, Lowell CB 6-0 185 18 03/11/90 Fr. HS Los Angeles, CA Culver City
39 Tuiasosopo, Tyler ATH 6-0 210 18 10/18/89 Fr. HS Everett, WA Mariner
29 Valdes, Carlo WR 6-0 182 18 02/11/90 Fr. HS Newport Beach, CA Mater Dei
15 Williams, Max S 6-0 190 17 10/28/90 Fr. HS Inglewood, CA Serra
(Ages as of first game - 9/1/08)
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This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
The sad thing is that I was a student at UCLA when these kids were born. When did I get so old?
where is Garibay and Fernandez?
More walk-ons will be coming after UCLA plays its first game. An NCAA rule limits the numbers of players at practice to 105, until the first game, and then more can join the mix.
Brian,
When are you going to get on Petros and $ or Big Joe's show on am 570? They are the Bruins station. The UCLA folks the bring on are not as dialed in as you are.
Thanks,
PR
Justin Mann is my pick for walkon most likely to get into a fight. He was a starting MLB two years ago and even up to this past high school preseason was a MLB. But by the time spring rolled around, he had DT size and played in the area East/West game on the dlineman. He even has some highlites on YouTube.