ESPN West recruiting Blog

Posted by Greg Biggins

Athlete Tony Jefferson (Eastlake/Chula Vista, Calif.) took his second official visit this year to Arizona. He visited Oklahoma two weeks ago.

"It was cool trip, I enjoyed myself there," Jefferson said. "The game atmosphere was great and I loved the fans. They were chanting my name and stuff and made me feel really wanted.

"They have a strong team and were very impressive. The coaches are cool, I got along with the players and the girls are very nice as well. They have a lot of Cali players there and I know their fullback Taime Tutogi really well.

"He's from San Diego and I've known him since my freshman year. Overall, Arizona is a really nice school and I had a very good visit."

Did the visit do enough to put the Cats up there with UCLA and Oklahoma?

"I'm not sure about that," Jefferson said. "I felt a little more of a connection at OU and I still like UCLA a lot. Things can change but right now, I'm just not sure if I can see myself at Arizona like I can at UCLA and OU.

"I was excited to see UCLA finally win one this weekend. I was like, 'thank God, we got one.' Hopefully they'll continue to win and end on a strong note this season."

Burnett checks out the Cats

Culver City (Calif.) linebacker Victor Burnett has already visited Washington and Oklahoma and checked out Arizona this past weekend.

"Everything about the visit was good," Burnett said. "They have a great team, the facilities are amazing and I love the coaching staff. That whole staff is very intense, Coach Stoops and the rest of the guys can really get after it and I love that.

"Trevor Erno was my host and we're real close. He played at Lakewood (Calif.) and we've been real cool with each other for a long time. Arizona was my first offer this year so they have always had a soft place in my heart and this visit helped out a lot."

Burnett compared Arizona with his previous two visits.

"It was kind of combination of both earlier visits," Burnett said. "I want to play for a strong program and Arizona and Oklahoma are both very good. At the same time, I want to feel that connection with the coaching staff and I felt that at Arizona like I did at Washington.

"Washington still really stands out from that standpoint because I really bonded with the whole staff. At Arizona, I got to do that with three or four coaches and I didn't really connect with anyone at Oklahoma the way I did with Arizona and Washington.

"I still plan to take my last two visits before I make my decision. Nebraska, West Virginia, Arizona State and Oregon State are the schools I'm looking at for my last two visits."