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While Rich Rodriguez at Arizona and Mike Leach at Washington State were sexier hires, no one is doing as well as Mora in putting together a top recruiting Class.

When Mora was hired in early December, the Bruins had their fare share of commitments, with 12 verbals. Included on that list were two four-star players … but there were also five two-star prospects.

Since his hire, Mora and his coaching staff have been the talk of the recruiting world, with UCLA picking up one top-flight star after another. The Class is now up to 25, and Mora has added no player lower than three-stars, with three four-star and one five-star player giving their commitments to the Bruins.

With just a few days to go before Siginng Day, UCLA has the No. 18 Class in the…

Verbal Commitments – 2012

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Verbal Commitments – 2012

Keeping Score:

Team Rankings (January 31st – does not include Christian Powell):

Rivals: 30th nationally / 9th in the Pac-12

Scout: 25th nationally / 5th in the Pac-12 (does include Powell)

24/7 Sports: 39th nationally / 9th in the Pac-12

ESPN: Outside of the top 25 nationally

The Make-up (28 verbal commitments):

Quarterbacks: 1 (not counting Connor Wood, who enrolled in August)

Running backs: 5 (counting fullbacks Clay Norgard and Christian Powell)

Wide Receivers: 3

Tight Ends: 3

Offensive linemen: 2 (not counting Alex Kelley, a grey-shirt from the Class of 2011 who enrolled in January)

Defensive tackles: 4

Defensive ends: 4 (not counting Derek McCartney, who will join the team in January, 2013)

Linebackers: 0

Defensive backs: 6

Kickers/specialists: 0

The Class of 2012:

CHRISTIAN POWELL – FB

Just the facts … Committed January 31st … Powell is a fullback prospect from Upland, California. Powell is 5’11″, 250-pounds. Upland teammates Donta Abron, a running back who committed December 12th, and Marques Mosley, a cornerback prospect who committed December 20th, also plan to sign with CU. Rivals bio Scout bio

What others had to say about Powell … Powell is considered to be a three-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout. Rivals rates Powell as an…

Stoppin’ by for a Visit – 2/5?

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Stoppin’ by for a Visit – January 28th

One last visitor?

Wednesday, February 1st is Signing Day. Most of the recruits for the Class of 2012 will sign their Letters of Intent, and recruiting Classes will be assessed.

But February 1st is the first day of the Signing period – not the last.

Which leads us to the story of Jontrey Tillman. Rivals bio

Tillman is a 5’9″, 170-pound athlete from Baldwin, Louisiana. Tillman has been a Stanford commit since last June, but now finds himself looking for a college home after he was informed by Stanford, the school to which he, his 4.0 GPA and 26 ACT score had been committed for six months, that he had not been accepted.

“It was a crushing thing for this kid,” said his high school coach Ryan Antoine. “He’s going to take some time to heal, and then find some place he can love again.”

Tillman is not going to commit on Signing Day, and may take several official visits. He has offers from schools like Northwestern, Kansas, and Memphis. Tillman took his first official visit to Houston last weekend, and may visit Colorado as early as this weekend. A trip to Washington…

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Stoppin’ by for a Visit – 1/20

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Stoppin’ by for a Visit – January 20th

UPDATE (1/22): A good time was apparently had by all this weekend by the eight official visitors.

In addition to enjoying a Chamber of Commerce 65-degree day, the prospects watched some of the East/West Shrine game (in which Buff quarterback Tyler Hansen played well, thank you very much), before heading off on a Banjo Billy’s Bus to the Arizona game. The group, though, reportedly left at halftime, missing out on the great comeback win by the CU men’s basketball team.

Wide receiver commit Peyton Williams is still on crutches following his surgery, but apparently is progressing well and on schedule. Quarterback Shane Dillon remains a firm commit – and it was perfect timing for Tyler Hansen to play well with Dillon and his family in town.

Of the official visitors who are not committed to the Buffs, there was no indication that they will be committing to Colorado immediately (i.e., this weekend). Prize linebacker recruit Seth Jacobs was in town with his family, and, according to a reliable source, had a great time. Jacobs was on the fourth of his five official visits (he’s been to Arizona, Arkansas, and Oklahoma State, and…

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