That's an interesting question. It sure seems like they made an effort here to sell the story that he left on his own and the RB coach didn't answer his calls for 2 months??? Hard to imagine a player with his stats and youth being ignored.
As far as UCLA, they aren't innocent, they have poached or recruited on the DL. I think the LAT or his UCLA bio mention a family tie to UCLA.
Maybe we make $$ and royalties on any deals... looks like this is a local group running under the umbrella of Learfield. A former Sacto pro soccer guy is heading this up.
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Check the Davis Enterprise (I don't know how to link yet on a smartphone). They recently had 3 or 4 articles and covered practice locations and times. Practices split between Howard Way field and Aggie Stadium.