Jordan Parker Decommits From UCLA Football and It Is A Pretty Big Deal
Four-star cornerback Jordan Parker decommitted from the UCLA yesterday and has decided to open up his recruitment. This is a huge blow to UCLA Football recruiting as they no longer have a cornerback for the 2016 recruiting class.
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UCLA Football has been doing very well in recruiting in the Jim Mora era, but like every program, they hit some bumps in the road. Yesterday, the Bruins hit a huge bump in the recruiting road as 4-star cornerback Jordan Parker out of Pittsburg, CA decommitted from UCLA and will open up his recruitment.
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Why is this a big deal? Go Joe Bruin writer and recruiting specialist Michael Hanna commented and said Parker has good “change of direction and short-area burst which allows him to stick with receivers and then close down passes to bat down. [Parker] is the best pure cover corner in the west this year. It hurts like hell to lose him, especially with our need for a lockdown corner who is actually a pure corner and won’t be moved to safety.”
On top of that, with Parker decommitting, UCLA now has no cornerbacks committed to the 2016 class which is a big concern going forward.
— THE JONAMAN ‼️🥷 (@1BigJP) July 15, 2015
Furthermore, Bruin Report Online claims that this was something that was not only coming, but came way before expected. With Parker being such a fine talent, several teams have been in his ear trying to change his mind, most notably Oregon, Oklahoma and USC.
This is not just a big blow for UCLA, but a huge opportunity for the football program that can come in and swoop up the #2 cornerback in California, which has left several very intrigued by that fact.
Three of Go Joe Bruin’s sister sites on the Fansided network already have written articles about Parker’s break from UCLA and his now open recruitment. Check out the articles by Autzen Zoo, Reign of Troy and Saturday Blitz.
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