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McKay visits Hawaii

Long Beach Poly (Calif.) defensive back Stanjarivus McKay took his second official visit of the year last weekend to Hawaii. The talented safety had previously visited Colorado.

McKay is one of the safeties in the West with the ability to play the run or pass equally well. He has excellent cover skills for a safety and saw action at corner a few times this season including the state championship game against Grant (Sacramento, Calif.).

"They hit some big plays on us early in the game so I got moved to corner," McKay said. "They only threw one pass to my side of the field and that was incomplete. Most of the schools recruiting me like me for safety but a few have said they think I can play corner as well and that's fine with me."

McKay said he had a very good visit to Hawaii although the Warriors still have some ground to make up over his two favorites.

"Hawaii is a great place and I had a lot of fun," McKay said. "The coaches were great and I loved the people there. Everyone was so friendly and it's a beautiful place.

"I liked the campus a lot and I also liked the strength and conditioning coach there. That's a pretty long flight to Hawaii and I'm still leaning to UCLA and Colorado right now but I'm definitely considering Hawaii as well."

McKay will visit UCLA this coming weekend and his final visit will be to Washington (Jan. 23). The safety calls UCLA his 'dream school' but has some questions he hopes to clear up while he's on campus.

"The one thing I'm not sure about with UCLA is they offered me as a grey shirt and I'm not sure why," McKay said. "When they first offered me, I thought it was a normal offer but they explained to my dad it was a grey shirt meaning I wouldn't have a chance to come in and compete for playing time my first year there.

"At Colorado, they graduate a lot of their defensive backs and same with Hawaii. Both schools said that I would have a chance to come in and play early but with UCLA, I just need to figure out this grey shirt thing because I don't fully understand it. I like UCLA a lot, it's my dream school but if I'm not comfortable with the grey shirt offer, I'll probably just end going to Colorado."


Burrell checks out Oregon

Dominguez (Compton, Calif.) offensive lineman Jamaal Burrell took his first official visit this past weekend to Oregon. The lineman has three more trips set before he's ready to pull the trigger.

"Oregon was great and they are definitely standing out to me right now," Burrell said. "I know everyone talks about the facilities there but that's what jumped out to me as well. The training center, locker rooms and weight room were all incredible.

"I couldn't believe their rehab room. They have three mini pools that you can run in and everything was just so high tech looking. The classrooms were real nice and I got along great with all the players as well. I knew a lot of them since they recruit this area and one player, Marvin Johnson, played at Dominguez so that was cool to see him."

Burrell will next check out Arizona this weekend followed by visits to Washington (Jan. 23) and New Mexico (Jan. 30).

"I really want to take all these visits before making a decision," Burrell said. "I like Oregon a lot right now but I haven't been anywhere else. Coach Belotti told me that if another players wants to commit at my position, he's going to call me and let me know so I'm not worried about waiting too long and then losing my spot anywhere."

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