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The hype is beginning to ramp up for Matt Barkley. Mel Kiper already has him slotted as the #1 pick in the 2012 draft. Apparently the kid started as a freshman at Mater Dei and was calling his own plays by his sophomore year.
One has to wonder whether the Corp injury will end up being fortuitous for USC in the end.
Here's a little blurb about Barkley at the end of his wikipedia entry:
"Barkley is a devout Christian and attends a nondenominational congregation; he plays acoustic guitar with a church youth group. His father, Les, co-owns an insurance business with his brother in-law. While he was a student at Mater Dei, Barkley's parents started the Monarchs for Marines (M4M) campaign, where hundreds of Mater Dei students, coaches and parents volunteered to landscape and renovate youth areas on nearby Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Barkley had a 3.77 GPA in high school, and frequently speaks to young students about the importance of staying on top of school work.[22] His cousin, Robbie Boyer, is a walk-on at USC.[8] During his Christmas holiday in 2008, Barkley went with a group of friends and family to help run an orphanage in South Africa."
I found other items from the wikipedia entry to be disturbing- most notably the the parellels between Todd Marijuanavich and Barkley.
One has to wonder whether the Corp injury will end up being fortuitous for USC in the end.
Here's a little blurb about Barkley at the end of his wikipedia entry:
"Barkley is a devout Christian and attends a nondenominational congregation; he plays acoustic guitar with a church youth group. His father, Les, co-owns an insurance business with his brother in-law. While he was a student at Mater Dei, Barkley's parents started the Monarchs for Marines (M4M) campaign, where hundreds of Mater Dei students, coaches and parents volunteered to landscape and renovate youth areas on nearby Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Barkley had a 3.77 GPA in high school, and frequently speaks to young students about the importance of staying on top of school work.[22] His cousin, Robbie Boyer, is a walk-on at USC.[8] During his Christmas holiday in 2008, Barkley went with a group of friends and family to help run an orphanage in South Africa."
I found other items from the wikipedia entry to be disturbing- most notably the the parellels between Todd Marijuanavich and Barkley.
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