Narbonne defensive back/receiver Byron Moore lined three caps in front of him as a room full of people and television cameras anxiously awaited his decision early Wednesday morning.
USC, Notre Dame and Colorado were on the table.
Moore, flanked by family and friends, turned to his longtime coach Robert Gill and asked him to choose for him.
Gill took the Colorado cap, but shook his head no.
Then he took the Notre Dame cap, looked at it and tossed it aside.
Finally Gill gave Moore the USC cap, which Moore donned for the cameras amid an excited applause.
It was a perfect fit.
"It was a long process,, but I sat down with my family. It was a hard decision, you know, but I felt the most comfortable at USC," said Moore, who withdrew his verbal commitment to USC two weeks ago to explore his other options. "I wanted to stay at home in front of my family and friends. And USC fought for me until the end."
The 7 a.m. news conference -- which included 2008 Daily Breeze Player of the Year Robert Woods of Serra (a Pop Warner teammate of Moore) -- also featured Narbonne teammates Josh Moten and Tim Tucker choosing their schools.
Moten, the Narbonne quarterback, chose Colorado after initially committing to Washington despite a last-minute pitch by new coach Steve Sarkisian.
Tucker, a linebacker, stayed with his decision to play for Washington.
Moore, Moten and Tucker signed their national letters-of-intent at the same time.
"This is the best part of all, to finish this on ESPN with my friends and family," Moore said.
Good job for Moore. Hopefully he starts in a couple of years. I wonder if they are going to have him at receiver or D-Back? I would make him a receiver because he is much better there. I know with Pete Carroll, Carroll will only allow him to do one thing and one thing only. It will be interesting to see. But good job.
How many years on the bench do you think it will be before he sees some real game time over there would you assume?
B Moore go do your thing at SC you got all your true friends support