All-American Bowl Recap: California

Southern California was well-represented in the All-American Bowl on NBC. Five Southern California players announced their college decisions live on the broadcast and there were no real surprises in that regard. Mater Dei receiver [player_tooltip player_id="25224" first="CJ" last="Williams"] made a wild catch for the first touchdown of the game. https://twitter.com/247Sports/status/1479882089994625037?s=20 [player_tooltip player_id="25233" first="Rayshon" last="Luke"] of St. John Bosco scored two touchdowns and was named MVP of the game. https://twitter.com/SNFonNBC/status/1479896859955150852?s=20 [player_tooltip player_id="25231" first="Niuafe" last="Tuihalamaka"] of Alemany played a lot of linebacker and was involved in a lot of tackles. Inglewood’s [player_tooltip player_id="25247" first="Justyn" last="Martin"] showed off his arm strength and recovered from an early interception. Mater Dei running back [player_tooltip player_id="25225" first="Raleek" last="Brown"] showed off his elusiveness and speed. <strong>Kurt Chesney </strong>of Aliso Niguel made perfect long snaps all day and the best long snapper is the one that you do not notice. Let’s take a look at the five players who announced their commitments during the game. https://twitter.com/mikehuntley63/status/1479884140728107009?s=20 [player_tooltip player_id="25224" first="CJ" last="Williams"]: Williams announced his commitment to USC. This was of little surprise because Lincoln Riley invested a lot of time in recruiting him and a few of his Mater Dei teammates are going to USC. “The addition of Lincoln Riley, one of the best coaches in college football and an offensive genius, how could you pass that up as a wide receiver?” Williams said on NBC. [player_tooltip player_id="25226" first="Earnest" last="Greene"]: Greene committed to Georgia. He visited in September and it confirmed all of his previous positive feelings about the school. “I loved it there,” Greene told Greg Biggins of 247Sports. “I loved everything about that trip and I really felt a strong connection with the school that that time. I was able to spend a lot of time with the players and particularly the Cali guys, to talk about their adjustment and how they liked it there." https://twitter.com/mikehuntley63/status/1479886127293075465?s=20 [player_tooltip player_id="25233" first="Rayshon" last="Luke"]: Luke announced his decision to commit to Arizona after scoring a touchdown. He did it in style and promised that he would run a 10 second flat 100 meters in track and field this spring. He said he likes that he will know a lot of guys there and he enjoyed his visit there. He joins a list of players from Southern California headed to Arizona including [player_tooltip player_id="25227" first="Tetairoa" last="McMillan"], [player_tooltip player_id="25286" first="Noah" last="Fifita"], [player_tooltip player_id="25337" first="Antoine" last="Jones"] and others. https://twitter.com/SNFonNBC/status/1479894280261050381?s=20 [player_tooltip player_id="141878" first="Hero" last="Kanu"]: Kanu did not get to play in the game unfortunately due to a positive COVID-19 test. He announced from his hotel room that he will go to Ohio State. He told Biggins that he likes the way Ohio State develops its players. It makes sense considering he has played less than 20 football games in his life. [player_tooltip player_id="25229" first="Larry" last="Turner-Gooden"]: Turner-Gooden expectedly committed to Texas. He told Biggins that he likes the size of the school and the NIL opportunities there. He has already graduated from Alemany and will enroll at Texas in the spring.