'10 CA DT George Uko (Southern Cal Verbal)

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Chino (CA) Don Lugo High School

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 283 lbs
Forty: 5.16 secs
Class: 2010 (High School)


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12/4

By B Huffman. Oregon has offered, joining Nebraska.

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Radley gaining offers - ESPN

It was a down year for defensive tackles out West but it's shaping up to be a solid year at the position in the class of 2010. One player drawing heavy attention right now is Don Lugo (Chino, Calif.) standout George Uko.

Uko will be a three year starter and earned all-league, all-valley and all-state underclass honors by CalHiSports.com a year ago. The lineman racked up 90 tackles, 15 for loss and had five sacks on the season.

Early offers have come in from Nebraska and Oregon and the lineman said he's hearing from schools from all over the country.

"Yeah, I'm hearing from everyone right now," Uko said. "Right now, I'm wide open and don't have a top five or top 10 list yet. I have no problem leaving the area and will go anywhere to play my college ball. I'm just looking for a place my family thinks is best for me.

"Right now, my main goal is to just keep working hard and prove I'm one of the top defensive tackles in the West. It's great to get all this attention and it shows me my hard work is paying off. I know a lot of other players are working hard too so that motivates me to keep working. I want to be the best I can be and just use all the gifts God has given to me."

Uko said he plans to camp with USC and UCLA and will also attend the SoCal NIKE Camp in April.

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2/26

From the Nebraska site. Uko says he likes playing on the edge, and think he has the quickness to get around people. Aside from his three offers, he is also hearing from USC, UCLA, Washington, Oregon State and Colorado. He has no favorites and says that academics and a tradition of winning are important.

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Washington gets Kearse and Riva - ESPN

He hasn't seen it in writing yet, but defensive tackle George Uko (Chino, Calif./ Don Lugo) received an offer from Tennessee earlier in the week.

"Yeah, it was funny, someone asked me about that because they read it somewhere and I didn't even know about it," Uko said. "My dad talked to them and they said they were offering me and I'm definitely fired up about that one. I don't know a lot about Tennessee but I'm interested and may take a visit in the fall. I'm still waiting on UCLA to offer as well. I was at practice yesterday and that was cool. We talked about an offer and they said they want me to camp with them and said I still have something to prove to them."

"Right now, I'm not sure what I'll do. I honestly don't know what I have to prove to them still but I'm thinking about it. I'm going to the Nike Camp next weekend and will also attend the USC Rising Stars camp in the summer."

Nebraska, Arizona, Oregon and Arizona State have also offered.

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6/8

UCLA has offered, and they're a favorite.