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Lewis reaches out to new generation

jtthirtyfour — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:11:48 -0000

Lewis reaches out to new generation

Good article about Marcedes Lewis and his activities in Long Beach.

There's a display of Willie McGinest's Patriots jersey in the LB Poly hall of fame, maybe one day Marcedes will have one as well.

"What's really intriguing to note is the success Lewis has had in the pros in comparison to his four good friends and fellow Poly seniors in 2001.

Hershel Dennis, Winston Justice, Manuel Wright and Bing went to USC as a package deal while Lewis resisted the pull to do likewise and stuck with his decision to play at UCLA.

That quartet enjoyed national chills and thrills at USC. Lewis was able to end his career with a 10-2 season in 2005. The pro divide has been one-sided.

Wright left USC early for the NFL and flopped, playing nine games in three seasons before being released. Dennis missed two college seasons, one for an off-field incident and one because of injury, and is out of football. Justice lost a season at USC, too, and he's made just one start in three seasons with the Eagles. Bing's tremendous potential has been held back by injuries. He finally got into his first NFL game in the Detroit Lions' finale last season after three years of pain and rehab.

Lewis was a key part of the Jags' 11-5 mark in 2007. The Jags suffered last season at 5-11, but Lewis had four or more catches in five of their last eight games including a career-high six against Indianapolis."

THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘09

jtthirtyfour — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:30:25 -0000

THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘09

5. Randall Carroll, Fr., UCLA–Carroll recently ran the fastest high school 100m time in California in 17 years, going 10.30 to lead all prep runners nationally. He’s the fastest recruit in the 2009 class and also has a 21.06 in the 200m. He’s a 5-star wide receiver recruit for the Bruins, giving them some much-needed speed.

Nice to see Randall Carroll recognized - especially above Jahvid Best (#6) and Joe McKnight (Honorable mention) - but I dont think he deserves to be on this list...yet

Pac-10 QBs need to know UCLA's No. 1

jtthirtyfour — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14:23 -0000

Pac-10 QBs need to know UCLA's No. 1

Nice article on ATV from ESPN

Video profile of Morrell Presley, filmed from the Carson-Banning game back in November when he was...

jtthirtyfour — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:27:39 -0000

Video profile of Morrell Presley, filmed from the Carson-Banning game back in November when he was an SC commit.

A 2007 USC team that had 21 players get drafted by NFL teams the past two years lost to a Stanford...

jtthirtyfour — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:43:21 -0000

A 2007 USC team that had 21 players get drafted by NFL teams the past two years lost to a Stanford team that had zero players drafted in the same period.

Stanford 24, USC 23 was even more amazing than you thought

Report: Woods charged with battery

jtthirtyfour — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:50:25 -0000

Report: Woods charged with battery

UCLA defensive back E.J. Woods has been charged with assaulting two female students, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office told the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

The 19-year-old freshman was charged with two counts of sexual battery and four counts of battery, the Times reported. He could face up to one year in jail for each sexual battery charge and six months for each battery charge.

The charges stem from three separate incidents at off-campus apartments between October and January, according to the city attorney's office.

Woods attended Encino Crespi High. He was not arrested. Instead, he received a voluntary appearance letter and is scheduled to be arraigned on April 6.

Here's a highlight cutup of Morrell Presley and Carson (CA) vs. Baning (CA), a classic LA city...

jtthirtyfour — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:25:37 -0000

Carson @ Banning 2008 from jtthirtyfour on Vimeo.

Here's a highlight cutup of Morrell Presley and Carson (CA) vs. Baning (CA), a classic LA city rivalry game. I was at Carson last season, me being a UCLA alumni (2008) dealing with Presley all season, as well as our head coach, who is also a trojan - this is the best news I've heard in awhile (and trust me, it is news, even to people who know Morrell).

Presley is big #8, about half the time we had him split wide or in the slot, a lot of times we did not line up with a true TE (towards the end of the season, almost exclusively at WR...I'm thinking that he may play WR for us - he is listed as WR in the under armour all american game on january 4th).

1:22 is a catch down the seam
1:34 near side split wide you can see he needs to work on his effort in run blocking (does not even touch #1, the player who eventually makes the TD-saving tackle)
next play he makes a great catch over a defender for the TD
3:51 is him in the flat
4:00 minutes, next play is the best grab of the night - defender has position but he goes up in the air, reaches over him, and makes the catch at the 1-yard line.
4:21 he is split out wide right at the top of the screen, you can see he needs to get involved in the run game
4:50 is another TD catch, wide open off a trick play - somersaults in the endzone and gets a 15-yard flag

This game we had a sophomore QB making his first start, and he was still able to get the ball to Morrell.

There's a couple things he needs to work on...some will just come with him growing up, and being at UCLA will help, but hes a good kid, not really big-headed, and is pretty smart football-wise (he understands defenses, coverage, sees things out on the field).

I dont know about the next marcedes lewis, unless they got a great weight program for him....maybe what we thought dominuque johnson would have been for us.

Trey Brown Hit vs. Arizona

jtthirtyfour — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:57:11 -0000

Alterraun Verner's 89-yard interception return for a touchdown

jtthirtyfour — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:36:17 -0000

Alterraun Verner's 89-yard interception return for a touchdown

SB Nation User Blog: jtthirtyfour

Lewis reaches out to new generation

Lewis reaches out to new generation

THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘09

THE FASTEST PLAYERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘09

Pac-10 QBs need to know UCLA's No. 1

Pac-10 QBs need to know UCLA's No. 1

Video profile of Morrell Presley, filmed from the Carson-Banning game back in November when he was...

A 2007 USC team that had 21 players get drafted by NFL teams the past two years lost to a Stanford...

Report: Woods charged with battery

Report: Woods charged with battery

Here's a highlight cutup of Morrell Presley and Carson (CA) vs. Baning (CA), a classic LA city...

More video from the Arizona game

Trey Brown Hit vs. Arizona

Alterraun Verner's 89-yard interception return for a touchdown