UCLA target Josh Shirley, a linebacker from Kaiser Fontana, lists the Bruins, Tennessee, USC, Washington and Cal as schools he is looking at, but his decision won’t come down strictly to football.
“Academics are first,” he said. “I’m looking at business and marketing for life after football. On one play you can get hurt, and you need something to fall back on.”
As for as on the field, Shirley said he plans on being a hybrid player, mixing between time between linebacker and defensive end.
“That way I can rush the quarterback, and do other things,” Shirley said. “All the schools I’m talking to said I can do all that stuff.”
Shirley said he was in no hurry to make a decision, and could wait until after his senior season to do so.