Presley enrolls

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Morrell Presley, the No. 1 prep tight end in the nation, has signed a "statement of intent to register" at UCLA and has enrolled in classes for winter quarter, which begins Jan. 5.
Presley, who just graduated from Carson High, is rated the nation's top tight end by Scout.com and ESPN.com. He is scheduled to play in the UnderArmour All-America Game in Orlando, Fla., next month.
"I am obviously thrilled with Morrell's decision," UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel said in a news release. "He is a quality young man with tremendous upside as an athlete."
"Morrell personifies the new-age tight end," Neuheisel said of the 6-foot-4, 215-pounder. "He is physical, so he can mix it up, yet agile enough to create mismatches with opponent defenses.
"He will love UCLA."

23 Comments

Anonymous said:

Just give Rick time. The tide is turning.

carlos said:

Good Job, no Great Job Coach Neuheisel. Let's go get some more top recruits.

Burned Too Many Times said:

So is this now a binding commitment?

EXbruins said:

yeah

Anonymous said:

it is official. We get the last laugh on the trojans, as long as they do not turn Stan Hasiak!

Anonymous said:

Even as the worst case scenario, they get Hasiak (which I strongly doubt) I will take the High we have now, and created on the recruiting scene. This has sent "Shockwaves" to SUC faithful...they better get out of the burning house, quick!

lbcbruin said:

Does Presley need to redshirt? We'll have Paulson, Moya, and Harkey seems to be coming along nicely.
Thoughts?

Aussie Bruin Author Profile Page said:

Rick is working his miracles. Now please nail those Big Uglies we so desperately need. OL and DT. Please, Rick! Saw video of a kid in Ohio, Think his name is Stumph or something like it. Man-handled every opposing lineman like you wouldn't believe. Any chance of going interstate to get these nasties?

UCLAFight! said:

Can Rick comment on a new recruit???

lbcbruin said:

I think once he's signed a letter of intent the Neuheisel can comment and Dohn just reported that he will and that he'll be starting classes in two weeks, why wouldn't he be able to comment

Brian Dohn Author Profile Page said:

He signed scholarship papers, which means the school can comment on him. The papers bind UCLA to Presley, but until he attends his first class, he can still change his mind and go elsewhere.

D-Force said:

Rick can comment because Pressley is enrolled! Just like Ben and J'Mison Morgan

El Cajon Bruin Author Profile Page said:

Brian-

Does this mean that Pete and USC cannot contact and continue to try and recruit him?

Anonymous said:

I think Harkey should RS seeing as he would have last year if not for the injury to Paulson.

Bruintx Author Profile Page said:

Sounds like we'll be seeing a lot of double tight end formations in the future!

Anonymous said:

Pressley tight end/H-back,Harkey more of a possesion/blocker type,both will play alot.

tigerfinds said:

1st time I've gotten the "tingles" in a while. Keep going Rick!

LAWYER JOHN said:

Well, isn't this a nice change of events for the UCLA FB program? Well done! My sincere regards and congratulations to Coach Rick Neuheisel. Very brilliant.

Not to deflate any balloons, but maybe UCLA fans should not bite their arms off yet over this recruiting flip. I had read various documentation on the Internets that Morriss Presley had always wanted to go to UCLA. However, the prior Coach, Karl Dorrell, was slow to recruit and did not show much interest in Morriss.

Thus, when USC offered Morriss a scholarship first and UCLA continued to maintain radio silence, Morriss jumped at the chance for a FB scholarship and accepted USC's offer, while still holding hope in his young heart for an offer from UCLA. To wit, although I do not agree, it is the opinion of many football scholars in the know on the Interents that this recruiting flip is somewhat of a "hollow victory", if you will, because Morriss Presely was already a strong UCLA lean in his young heart.

That said, it is stilly very gratifying to see Coach Rick Neuheisel work so hard at recruiting, just like a first year associate at a big law firm chipping away at the billable hours requirement. It is good to see that we both share the same hard work ethic. Again, congrats to Coach Neuheisel! Cheers!

LAWYER JOHN

LAWYER JOHN'S Dog said:

Despite LJ's diplomatic response, he is really pissed about Presley. Speaking of pissing, it's time for my walk.

Anonymous said:

As a lawyer, aren't you supposed to have an extreme attention to detail? LJ, you constantly butcher names left and right...his name is "Morrell" not "Morriss"

Anonymous said:

If LJ was legally educated at $UC, then we should not expect much detailed analysis from him...we should expect malpractice.

mrybill2 Author Profile Page said:

Well, "s" is close to "l" on a keyboard, not to mention "i" and "e"...no, wait.

HUITZILOPOCHTLI said:

LJ is classic. I feel like I get double entertainment value out of his posts. First what he writes and secondly as it goes over the heads of others.

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