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Beck waiting on offer No. 1

Things have been a little slow in the recruitment of one of the top receivers in the West. Jordan (Los Angeles, Calif.) standout DeShawn Beck is hearing from a host of schools, locally and nationally, but still waiting for his first written offer.

Beck could be the fastest receiver in the state next year and has run consistently in the low 4.4-40 range. He had the fastest 40 time at the USC Rising Stars camp last summer and is one of the most explosive players in the region after the catch.

Beck earned 2nd team all-state underclass honors a year ago after catching 72 balls for 1,141 yards and 15 touchdowns. He added two more scores on the ground and threw for three touchdowns. He'll move to quarterback full time as a senior.

"I'm hearing from a lot of schools but no offers that I know of," Beck said. "My coach handles that for me but as far as I know, no one has offered. UCLA, USC, Cal, Oregon, Washington, Washington State, Arizona State and Arizona are the ones I've heard from so far."

Jordan coach Elijah Asante added a few more schools to the mix.

"In addition to the Pac 10 schools, Florida called me today about him and Notre Dame likes him a lot too," Asante said. "I'm not sure what schools are waiting on to be honest but every year, it's the same thing. I feel like schools are always slow to offer our kids, it's like they don't want to be the first one to offer or something.

"Last year, USC was the first school to offer James Boyd. With DeShawn, he's wide open and he'll be a national kid. I'm going to try and have him camp with as many schools as possible. Right now, his top schools are UCLA, USC, Cal, Oregon, Washington and Notre Dame but he's open and we're just going to try and find the best fit for him."


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