Football: Trojans could end up missing boat on Upland’s Irabor

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The last time we checked in with Osahon Irabor and did a blog about him, he had just picked up another offer from a Division I program. A week later, the 5-foot-11 junior from Upland is at it again. Over the weekend, Colorado St. and UNLV became the 12th and 13th schools, respectively, to present him with a scholarship.

And while Irabor is pleased there’s so many different parties interested in his services, he remains slightly concerned about the intentions of one his dream destinations, USC. The Trojans have been in contact with him, but according to these quotes, it’s taken them a while to jump on the bandwagon like everyone else.

As it stands now, his top 5 looks something like this, in no particular order: Arizona, Arizona St., Cal, Boise St. and Nebraska. Several other PAC-10 Conference programs have pursued Irabor in the past, including UCLA, a fact that could end up waking up Pete Carroll and the rest of his coaching staff over at that crosstown rival school.

-- Sean Ceglinsky