'08 CA S E.J. Woods (UCLA signee)

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recru...ory?id=3005997

By Jamar Hudson
ESPN.com

Updated: September 6, 2007

Two years ago, E.J. Woods was in a whole different world.

Attending Santa Monica High School in California, Woods' grades were beginning to slip. As with most teenagers in public schools, he was concerned about popularity, what clothes he had on and being in the 'in' crowd. And while he excelled on the football field, he wasn't maximizing his potential.

It certainly wasn't the worst of situations, but something had to change.

That change came after his sophomore season, when Woods transferred to Crespi Carmelite, a private, college prepatory Catholic school about a 25 minutes up the 405 highway in Encino.

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By J. Curren at the USC site. Video highlights of Woods' senior season.

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Scout.com: The Dorrell Promise

By Allen Wallace
National Recruiting Editor
Posted Dec 3, 2007

"If he (Karl Dorrell) leaves that's something that I'll really have to sit down and talk over with my family," E.J. Woods said. "One of the main reasons I committed to UCLA was coach Dorrell and how he took a chance on me. My grades weren't good my freshman and sophomore year and coach Dorrell still offered me. He told me to promise him that I was gonna work hard and get my grades up and I did."

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LA Daily News - Bruins taking bowl seriously

UCLA was expecting Crespi High of Encino safety E.J. Woods to be part of the parade of commits to make an official visit this weekend. Instead, he was visiting the University of Colorado.

"I thought about it, and there wasn't really a point in going (to UCLA) if they don't have a coach yet," Woods said. "I can do that after they get a coach."

Woods acknowledged he had "some explaining to do" to UCLA for making a late decision to go to Boulder. He added his recruitment was again open, and largely contingent on whether Walker remained on UCLA's staff.
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Woods said he is considering UCLA, Washington, Colorado, Ohio State and LSU.

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From the UCLA site. Woods says he is still a soft verbal to UCLA, and would like to see what happens with the coaching staff. He says that Cal is coming on strong, and that he is hearing from Colorado and Washington a lot as well.

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From the UCLA site. Woods says that he is 100% solid with UCLA now. he says that after taking a few visits, he realized that UCLA was the place for him.