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Football Briefs:
Florida pledged Top 150 junior college tight end David Kenner of Lackawanna CC, Pa., over Kentucky, Kansas, Kansas State and Maryland. Rivals in-depth: Gators
Georgia Tech has a verbal from offensive lineman Kevin Tuminello of Boardman, Ohio. Rivals in-depth: Georgia Tech
Stanford pledged Super Prospect offensive lineman Mikal Brewer of Peoria-Centennial, Ariz., over Nebraska, Arizona, UCLA and Notre Dame. Others were Washington, Northwestern, Oregon, Oregon State asnd Colorado. Rivals in-depth: Stanford
TCU pledged Super Prospect quarterback James Battle of Denton-Ryan, Tex., over Kansas State, Tennessee and Colorado, among many others. Rivals in-depth: TCU
Georgia added kicker Andy Bailey of Athens-McMinn County, Tenn. Rivals in-depth: Bulldogs
The USC Trojans pledged Top 150 defensive lineman Lawrence Jackson of Inglewood, Cal., over Tennessee, Miami-Florida, LSU, Washington and UCLA, among many others. The Trojans also gained defensive lineman Matt Spanos of Corona, Cal., over interest in Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Kansas, Colorado State and Fresno State. Defensive back Darnell Bing of Long Beach-Poly, Cal., has met NCAA entrance standards and will enroll at USC in January. A Top 150 prospect in Class 2002, he originally signed with the Trojans, but did not qualify. Rivals in-depth: Trojans
Washington pledged defensive back/running back Tony Russo of Tacoma-Lakes, Wash., and kicker/punter Mike Braunstein of Gilbert, Ariz. Rivals in-depth: Washington
Receiver Byron Williams of Cherry Hill-Camden Catholic, NJ., committed to Purdue over offers from Rutgers, Connecticut, Iowa, Minnesota, East Carolina, Kent State, Akron, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Temple and Vanderbilt. Rivals in-depth: Purdue
Linebacker Adam Kadela of Dublin-Coffman, Ohio, committed to Northwestern over Indiana, Duke and Louisville, among others. Rivals in-depth: Wildcats
Northern Illinois pledged quarterback Zack Ullrich of Wheaton-Wheaton North, Ill. Rivals in-depth: Northern Illinois
Basketball Briefs:
Memphis has added forward Ivan Lopez of Puerto Rico/Miami-Miami Christian, Fla/Norfolk-Ryan Academy, Va. Rivals in-depth: Memphis
Touted center/forward Wayne Marshall of Philadelphia-King, Pa., is headed to Temple over LaSalle. Rivals in-depth: Temple
Minnesota has signed guard Wesley Washington of Santa Ana-Mater Dei, Cal., who was once committed to California; and forward Kerry Woolridge of San Leandro, Cal. Rivals in-depth: Gophers
Texas Tech and coach Bob Knight have a Class 2005 commitment from sophomore 6-8 forward Justin Wilkerson of Greenville, Tex. Rivals in-depth: Texas Tech
University of San Francisco signed forwards Julian Sensley of Hailua, Hawaii/Los Angeles CC, Cal; and Kenneth Barnes of Chicago Heights-Rich East, Ill/Hartnell CC, Cal.
Centenary signed center Stanley Turner of Ashland, Miss., and forward/center Troy Bryan Williams of Albany-Albany Monroe, Ga.
Guard Mike O'Donnell of Largo, Fla., has decommitted from Florida. The Gators wanted him to first attend prep school. Rivals in-depth: Gators
Class 2004 center Sam Rayburn of Portland-Sunset, Ore., has committed to California over interest in Marquette and Utah. Rivals in-depth: Bears
