SoCal Recruiting Update: Top Stars to Enroll in College Early; Davis to stay at Mater Dei; Two Stars add Offers

Michael Huntley July 24, 2020 @ 11:00 AM

Since the CIF-Southern Section announced Monday that the football season will be delayed until January, several athletes have difficult decisions to make. Do they play their senior year at their high school and graduate in the spring? Or do they graduate in December, skip their senior football season and enroll in college early to be a part of their school’s offseason program? [caption id="attachment_30642" align="alignright" width="200"]<img class="wp-image-30642 size-medium" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2020/07/CA-Jaylin-Davis-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /> [player_tooltip player_id="25039" first="Jaylin" last="Davies"][/caption] A few of Southern California’s top players have already told their high schools that they intend on skipping their senior football season to enroll in college early. [player_tooltip player_id="25027" first="Beaux" last="Collins"], a star receiver from St. John Bosco High in Bellflower will skip his senior season and enroll at Clemson early. Defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="25039" first="Jaylin" last="Davies"] of Mater Dei will enroll early at Oregon and Orange Lutheran cornerback [player_tooltip player_id="25063" first="Robert" last="(RJ) Regan"] will enroll at Arizona State early. Warren defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="25047" first="Xamarion" last="Gordon"] will also skip his senior season to get on the USC campus early. Mater Dei quarterback [player_tooltip player_id="25028" first="Miller" last="Moss"] has not made a decision yet, but he did Tweet an emoji of a broken heart when the news of the delayed season was announced. [player_tooltip player_id="25023" first="Korey" last="Foreman"] has not officially told Centennial High that he will enroll in college early, but he Tweeted that if he were forced to choose, he will go to college early. [player_tooltip player_id="25026" first="Raesjon" last="Davis"], star linebacker from Mater Dei has told Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson that he will stay and play his senior year for the Monarchs and enroll at LSU after his high school graduation. <strong>Helix defensive back gets Mountain West offer</strong> Cornerback [player_tooltip player_id="25198" first="Jaiden" last="Brown"] of Helix High in La Mesa was offered by New Mexico Thursday. New Mexico already has two cornerbacks committed in the class of 2021, Andrell Barney of Basha High in Chandler, Arizona and Damon Gentry Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas. https://twitter.com/KUSIPPR/status/1241142141272776704?s=20 Brown had two interceptions for Helix last season. He holds 9 offers including Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State and UNLV. <strong>Class of 2022 star offered by Minnesota</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="25229" first="Larry" last="Turner-Gooden"] of St. Bernard High of La Playa was offered by Minnesota Thursday. He played at Calabasas last season, but joined a slew of players to transfer to St. Bernard when former Narbonne coach Manny Douglas took over the football program. https://twitter.com/Tarek_Fattal/status/1170159976641286144?s=20 Gooden is an elite receiver and defensive back which holds 30 offers, including Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas and USC. Minnesota is the fifth Big 10 school to offer him, following Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska and Penn State.