UCLA Football Recruiting: 2016 Offensive Big Board 1.0
Sep 12, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; UCLA Bruins running back Soso Jamabo (1) runs with the ball while running back Paul Perkins (24) and running back Nate Meadors (22) run on the outside against the UNLV Rebels during the third quarter at Sam Boyd Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
RUNNING BACKS
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Coming off a 2015 recruiting class in which the Bruins reeled in two top running backs, Soso Jamabo and Bolu Olorunfunmi, running back was never going to be a huge need in the 2016 class for UCLA.
Fortuitously, it also happens to be a near-barren year for running back talent in Southern California.
After missing on 4-star scatback Sean McGrew (Bellflower, CA/St. John Bosco), the Bruins grabbed 3-star situational power back/fullback Jalen Starks (Encino, CA/Crespi) in the late spring and haven’t given running back recruiting for 2016 a second thought since, instead focusing their efforts fully on the recruitment of superstar 2017 running back recruit Najee Harris, who is probably the highest-touted running back to emerge out of the state of California in the last decade.
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