Kevin McReynolds on his UCLA official

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McReynolds talks first official

Rivals250 defensive tackle Kevin McReynolds out of Washington (D.C.) St. John’s College High headed out on his first official visit this past weekend. The 6-foot-2, 281-pounder crossed the country to check out UCLA.

“It was a tremendous trip,” he said. “I saw a lot of good things. They had a rough year, everybody in the country knows that, but I look at it and I see what is going on. They have an incredibly young team; all they need is experience. They got it this year and that experience will be valuable down the road. They are in my top five.

“Coach Neuheisel is a players coach and I’m happy with the direction the program is going.”

McReynolds arrived in Los Angeles on Friday night.

“My visit didn’t start until Saturday, but I spent a lot of time with the players,” he said. “I got to know them and the coaches’ families. I went over to Coach Neuheisel’s house.

“I also spent time with my hosts, Owamagbe Odighizuwa and Jordan Zumwalt. I got to get in their minds, I got the feeling of the morale of the players and things like that.”

On Sunday, McReynolds saw more of the school and got time with the coaches.

“We got a tour of L.A. and then I sat down with the coaches that night,” he said. “All the coaches are different in the way they do things, but they are very genuine people at UCLA.”

So, did he enjoy the trip?

“It’s a beautiful campus and it was actually cold in L.A.,” he said. “It was like as soon as I got there it got cold and when I left it was sunny, but I enjoyed myself.”

This week, McReynolds heads out on his second official to Syracuse.

“I kind of have a standard now to match all my visits up,” he said. “That’s a good thing to have and now I can compare the schools and then sit down with my family and weight them out to see how I like them.”

Following this visit, McReynolds will take a break and participate in a few all-star games.

“I’ll be in the Under Armor game, the Chesapeake Bowl and the Team USA game,” he said. “You know, I want to show a lot of people my ankle is fine cause I suffered a high ankle sprain towards the middle of the season.”

Sounds like UCLA really moved up. Last week, it was very cold in LA (in the 40's). Despite the mediocre weather, he still had a good trip. We may be losing steam with McReynolds. Wasn't he going to visit in January. I know that he's already been to Oregon on an unofficial visit.

[Bigducker]

“Coach Neuheisel is a players coach and I’m happy with the direction the program is going.”

Lol,ha,ha.... The weasel is on what his 4th year and getting worse every year. Man these kids have got to take the blinders off and pull up their pants cause it's gettin deep.

[briarduck]

Between this and the CAL recruiting comments I really have to wonder just what these coaches are saying to these kids....we are in a position of great need and we are on top...WTF is going on!

[fecta23]

I just tweeted him saying " 4-7, 7-6, 4-8. thats a program going in the right direction ? s***, even Arkansas makes sense, hell so does USCe. But UCLA ? naw.

[ljginger]

I remember when we were supposedly leading for KM...what happened?

[karlhungis]

I remember when we were supposedly leading for KM...what happened?

Who says that we aren't? His comment just said that this placed UCLA in his top 5.

[karlhungis]

I am just amazed that kids can still have such glowing reviews about a team that is clearly sub par, on a weekend where they got beat by their rivals, and people were stabbed in the parking lot..... I wouldn't want my kid going to a school where I had to worry about getting stabbed watching him play.

[UOducksTK1]

Yeah I don't get the UCLA program love. However, in terms of the school itself, that campus is ridiculously beautiful. I visited UCLA this summer for grad school, and it's impressive.

[dthomas=ddixon]

Wasn't this his first visit? He's obviously gonna be blown away by the first visit he takes. I wouldn't read too much into his comments on his ucla visit.

[Phenom]

Wasn't this his first visit? He's obviously gonna be blown away by the first visit he takes. I wouldn't read too much into his comments on his ucla visit.

Exactly. Plus, he never said they were on top or anything. He just said they were in his top 5. But they were before.

[greenyellow]

Until he takes all of his visits, nothing is a done deal.

[goducks75]

“Coach Neuheisel is a players coach and I’m happy with the direction the program is going.”

Lol,ha,ha.... The weasel is on what his 4th year and getting worse every year. Man these kids have got to take the blinders off and pull up their pants cause it's gettin deep.

True but to their 'credit' (if that's the right word to use) they have had really sh!tty luck with injuries most of that time. That said if they don't turn it around next year and get to the top half things will further unravel there. Which would suck for the Weasel (not really for us though ) since he has a golden opportunity to make them the main program in LA with Kiffin driving USC into the ground with his mediocre at best coaching.....