Diamond Ranch CB commits to UCLA
After weighing circa 20 scholarship offers, Diamond Ranch cornerback Brandon Sermons verbally committed to UCLA Tuesday, Diamond Ranch coach Roddy Layton said.
Sermons, a 6-foot-1, 188-pound senior ranked the 27th best cornerback in the country by rivals.com, had recently narrowed his list to schools including UCLA, Oregon, Colorado, Oregon State and Arizona. USC, where Sermons' his older brother and Layton both played, expressed interest but hasn't offered.
"USC is USC and they think they can swoop in late and get some kids," Layton said. "It might be a possibility they could get him to switch but I think (Sermons) is pretty comfortable with UCLA. We've had some pretty serious conversations, so by now he's probably 99 percent sure. I don't think he's waiting on USC."
Sermons is the 10th member of UCLA's 2009 recruiting class, which includes Los Osos quarterback Richard Brehaut, who has been regularly texting with Sermons throughout his recruitment.
The only other cornerback in head coach Rick Neuheisel's 2009 class is Bishop Amat's Sheldon Price, to whom Sermons and Diamond Ranch lost, 17-6, in Week 5.
"Rick is a good recruiter. He now has possibly the two best cornerbacks in Southern California and, with all respect to (Josh) Nunes at Upland, the best quarterback in our area," Layton said. "They're bringing in top notch players to go with these top notch coaches."
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UCLA missed out on Osahon Irabor, the #1 DB in the area, because they waited too long.
Josh Nunes is having a much better year than Brehaut.