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Seven Vie for Odighizuwa

Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor

 Wallace

Tomorrow, Owamagbe Odighizuwa will be visiting UCLA officially. “I like Rick Neuheisel,” Odighizuwa said. “I’ve heard great things about him and how he’s been able to turn programs around. I think he’ll succeed at UCLA too.” O... Read More

Wallace Archive »

Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor: Allen Wallace grew up in Newport Beach, Calif., graduating Newport Harbor High in 1970. He enrolled at USC, then Loyola Law in 1974 and began prac... Read More

Allen Wallace, National Recruiting Editor: Allen Wallace grew up in Newport Beach, Calif., graduating Newport Harbor High in 1970. He enrolled at USC, then Loyola Law in 1974 and began practicing law in Los Angeles in 1977. After eight years of civil litigation practice, Allen founded the nationally-renowned SuperPrep magazine in June, 1985 and originated SuperPrep.com in August, 1996. Allen continues to publish SuperPrep magazine out of his Laguna Beach home. He was the original football recruiting columnist for USAToday.com and CNNSI.com before becoming national recruiting editor at Scout.com in October, 2003. Read Less

ScoutTV: Arie Kouandjio

Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager

 Lichtenfels

Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha offensive tackle Arie Kouandjio has plenty of options to choose from as to where he will go to college and it is fairly easy to see why after watching his highlights. Read More

Lichtenfels Archive »

Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager: Lichtenfels is in his 6th year with Scout.com and has developed into one of the most respected scout's in the business. Lichtenfels played basebal... Read More

Bob Lichtenfels, Regional Recruiting Manager: Lichtenfels is in his 6th year with Scout.com and has developed into one of the most respected scout's in the business. Lichtenfels played baseball and football in college. He played in the prestigous Johnstown AAABA Baseball league. Lichtenfels was an assistant high school football coach for nine seasons and he also did personnel work and scouting for the now defunct Johnstown Riverhawks Indoor Football team. Lichtenfels has appeared on ESPN's Outside The Lines, NFL Network, Big Ten Network, Comcast and Fox Sports Pittsburgh. He has also been featured in such newspapers as the Washington Post. Lichtenfels also owns his own Mixed Martial Arts gym where he trains and manages several fighters. Read Less

Allen Trieu, Midwest Regional Manager: Allen began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and has since expanded his territory while becoming one of the most respected ana... Read More

Allen Trieu, Midwest Regional Manager: Allen began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and has since expanded his territory while becoming one of the most respected analysts in the midwest. He has appeared on numerous radio programs and print publications, including The Sporting News and was a guest analyst on the Big Ten Network's Signing Day show. Read Less

Floyd Knows Where He's Going

Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst

 Alkire

Talk about five-star defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd has run rampant on message boards around the country for weeks now, so Scout.com went to watch he and his George Washington teammates play in the Public League semifinal game... Read More

Alkire Archive »

Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst: Alkire started with Scout.com in July of 2006 and has handled the Northeast Region of the country since then. He was a three-sport athlete in high... Read More

Matt Alkire, Recruiting Analyst: Alkire started with Scout.com in July of 2006 and has handled the Northeast Region of the country since then. He was a three-sport athlete in high school, his family has a rich coaching background and learned to evaluate talent from NFL level personnel. Along with his work at Scout.com he also runs an NFL Draft site currently ranked third most accurate in the country. He has also done many radio and newspaper interviews. Read Less

Tim Adams, Scout Recruitng Analyst: <p>Tim Adams coached varsity high school football for 27 years. He also coached wrestling and girl’s softball at the state championship level in ... Read More

Tim Adams, Scout Recruitng Analyst: <p>Tim Adams coached varsity high school football for 27 years. He also coached wrestling and girl’s softball at the state championship level in Indiana. He served as an assistant coach at Eastern Hancock the 1985 Class 1A Indiana state champions. Adams is originally from Lexington, KY where he started on Bryan Station high school’s only state football championship team in 1971, he currently lives in central Indiana with his wife Mary.</p> <p>He started the popular Gridiron Digest in 1998 on the internet and built it into one of the largest high school internet football sites in America chronicling the growth of Indiana high school football and creating a community of Indiana high school football fanatics.</p> Read Less

Chad Simmons, South Recruiting Manager: I believe in getting out and seeing as many prospects live as possible. I am over the South Region for Scout and I will take in as many camps, co... Read More

Chad Simmons, South Recruiting Manager: I believe in getting out and seeing as many prospects live as possible. I am over the South Region for Scout and I will take in as many camps, combines, practices, games, workouts, and 7on7 tournaments as possible in this region throughout the year. Other than my role with Scout, I take part in multiple radio shows, multiple magazines use my rankings/evaluations, and I give quotes to newspapers throughout the South. I have been involved in the Recruiting industry since 2003. Read Less

Keenan Allen talks decision

Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager

 Bone

Keenan Allen, Scout.com five-star safety from Greensboro, N.C. has known for a while his future home was in Tuscaloosa. He waited until the Tide’s big win against LSU before announcing his decision. Allen talked more about his... Read More

Bone Archive »

Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager: Andrew Bone started with Scout.com in 2003 and has taken on various roles in the network. He was named Assistant Regional Manager for the South R... Read More

Andrew Bone, Asst. Regional Manager: Andrew Bone started with Scout.com in 2003 and has taken on various roles in the network. He was named Assistant Regional Manager for the South Region in 2008. Bone is the recruiting analyst for several print media outlets including newspaper, magazines, and weekly radio and TV programs. He is a regular featured speaker for alumni groups across the region. He is on the road scouting players by hitting combines, camps, all-star games, etc. Read Less

Mike Bakas, : Bakas, a central Florida resident, has been covering the state of Florida for Scout since 2003. He believes getting out and meeting the kids at va... Read More

Mike Bakas, : Bakas, a central Florida resident, has been covering the state of Florida for Scout since 2003. He believes getting out and meeting the kids at various events throughout the year gives you an opportunity to provide the best and most accurate information. His daily duties with Scout include posting prospect videos, communicating with players and coaches from around the state, and providing Scout's readers with quality and up-to-date information. Read Less

MSU Commitment Scoreboard Update Week 12

Steve Robertson, Scout.com

 Robertson

It's playoff time in most areas of the country now. Many of the MSU commitments are still fighting for a chance at a state title, while others are already preparing for other sports. Next week features some incredible match-ups. Read More

Robertson Archive »

Yancy Porter, Mississippi Scout: Yancy Porter started the largest Mississippi independent recruiting website in 1999 named Spirit Recruiting. It was devoted to high school and ju... Read More

Yancy Porter, Mississippi Scout: Yancy Porter started the largest Mississippi independent recruiting website in 1999 named Spirit Recruiting. It was devoted to high school and juco recruiting for football, basketball, and baseball. <br><br> Yancy is originally from Hattiesburg (MS) and currently lives in Oxford (MS) with his wife (Kate) and son (Taylor). Read Less

Brandon Huffman, West Recruiting Manager: Brandon Huffman is in his fifth year with Scout.com, currently as the West Regional Manager, and prior to that, the California/Nevada recruiting a... Read More

Brandon Huffman, West Recruiting Manager: Brandon Huffman is in his fifth year with Scout.com, currently as the West Regional Manager, and prior to that, the California/Nevada recruiting analyst. Before joining the Scout.com recruiting team, he was a team football recruiting writer on the Scout.com network. He spent three years as an offensive line/tight ends coach in the high school ranks prior to coming to Scout. He has been featured in several national newspapers and The Sporting News and has been a featured guest on FSN Prime Ticket, FSN Northwest, The NFL Network, The MTN, Fox Sports Radio, Sporting News Radio and ESPN Radio as well. He can be reached at brandonh@scout.com and followed at twitter.com/brandonhuffman Read Less

Jason Jewell, Southwest Recruiting Analyst: I cover the great states of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico for Scout. AZ is my home state and where I started my playing days at Washington HS. ... Read More

Jason Jewell, Southwest Recruiting Analyst: I cover the great states of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico for Scout. AZ is my home state and where I started my playing days at Washington HS. Played one season at Glendale Community College as an offensive tackle and was lucky enough to get a scholarship to Northwestern after my first year. Spent a year there playing under Gary Barnett and later transferred to New Mexico State and played under Tony Samuel. Graduated with a degree in criminal justice and played two seasons in AF2 before hanging the cleats up and starting coaching and working for Scout. Have coached at the HS and JC levels as an OL coach. Read Less

DawgmanRadio - UCLA

Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst

 Fetters

PASADENA, Calif. - Kim Grinolds and Chris Fetters of Dawgman.com sat down Saturday night and went through all the news and notes after the UCLA Bruins hung on to beat Washington 24-23 earlier in the day at the Rose Bowl. Read More

Fetters Archive »

Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst: Having been Scout.com's Northwest Recruiting Analyst since 2001, nobody has seen more Northwest high school players in person or on film than Chr... Read More

Chris Fetters, Northwest Recruiting Analyst: Having been Scout.com's Northwest Recruiting Analyst since 2001, nobody has seen more Northwest high school players in person or on film than Chris Fetters. Fetters is the also the Editor-In-Chief and a regular on the Dawgman On KJR-950AM radio show in Seattle every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. <br><br> For Coaches and serious Division-1 and I-AA prospects looking to send highlight film, pictures and all information, please send to: Chris Fetters, 7519 Earl Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117. You can email me at cfetters@scout.com or c_fetters@comcast.net 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I also have IM's at AIM (cfetters58) and Yahoo (chris_fetters), and I can be found on Myspace and Facebook. I also have a Twitter account (cfetters58). I'm always around if you want to shoot me an update. Read Less

Top Football Recruiting Prospects

1.

Seantrel Henderson
  • Height:6-8
  • Weight:301

Schools of interest:

FloridaIowaMichiganMinnesotaNotre DameOhio StateOklahomaUCLAUSC

2.

Marcus Lattimore
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:207

Schools of interest:

AuburnFlorida StateGeorgiaNorth CarolinaOregonPenn StateSouth Carolina

3.

Jackson Jeffcoat
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:233
  • Forty:4.50

Schools of interest:

Arizona StateGeorgiaHoustonLSUOklahomaTexasTexas A&MUSC

4.

Ronald Powell
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:250
  • Forty:4.60

Schools of interest:

FloridaUSCAuburnGeorgiaLSUTennesseeUCLA

5.

Chris Martin
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:240

Committed to:

Notre Dame

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1.

Jake Heaps
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:195

Committed to:

BYU

2.

Paul Jones
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:223
  • Forty:4.88

Committed to:

Penn State

3.

Blake Bell
  • Blake Bell, QB
  • Wichita, KS
  • Bishop Carroll Catholic HS
  • *****
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:215

Committed to:

Oklahoma

4.

Devin Gardner
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:201
  • Forty:4.57

Committed to:

Michigan

5.

Phillip Sims
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:215
  • Forty:4.70

Committed to:

Alabama

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1.

Marcus Lattimore
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:207

Schools of interest:

AuburnFlorida StateGeorgiaNorth CarolinaOregonPenn StateSouth Carolina

2.

Lache Seastrunk
  • Height:5-10
  • Weight:183
  • Forty:4.40

Schools of interest:

AuburnBaylorCaliforniaFloridaLSUOklahomaOregonTexasUCLAUSC

3.

Michael Dyer
  • Height:5-10
  • Weight:195

Committed to:

Auburn

4.

Mack Brown
  • Height:5-10.5
  • Weight:190
  • Forty:4.38

Committed to:

Florida

5.

Anthony Barr
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.55

Schools of interest:

CaliforniaMichiganNotre DameSyracuseUCLAUSC

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1.

Zach Zwinak
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.50

Committed to:

Penn State

2.

Zach Fogerson
  • Height:6-1.5
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.65

Committed to:

Washington

3.

Maurice Hagens
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.80

Committed to:

Miami (Fl)

4.

Brandon Worle
  • Height:6-0.5
  • Weight:243
  • Forty:4.64

Committed to:

LSU

5.

Channing Fugate
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.55

Committed to:

Tennessee

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1.

Robert Woods
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:185
  • Forty:4.45

Committed to:

USC

2.

Kyle Prater
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:205
  • Forty:4.55

Schools of interest:

USCIllinoisOklahomaAlabamaAuburnMiami (Fl)MichiganMissouriNotre DameTennessee

3.

Darius White
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:195
  • Forty:4.60

Schools of interest:

OklahomaOklahoma StateTexasTexas TechFlorida

4.

Christian Green
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:185

Schools of interest:

Florida StateFloridaGeorgiaSouth FloridaUSCMiami (Fl)Ohio StateTennessee

5.

Chris Dunkley
  • Height:5-11
  • Weight:169
  • Forty:4.43

Schools of interest:

FloridaAlabamaFlorida StateGeorgiaMiami (Fl)MichiganOklahoma StateWest Virginia

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1.

Xavier Grimble
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:245

Committed to:

USC

2.

C.J. Fiedorowicz
  • Height:6-7
  • Weight:240

Committed to:

Illinois

3.

Alex Welch
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:225

Committed to:

Notre Dame

4.

Gerald Christian
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:230
  • Forty:4.70

Committed to:

Florida

5.

Kevin Haplea
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:230
  • Forty:4.75

Committed to:

Penn State

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1.

Seantrel Henderson
  • Height:6-8
  • Weight:301

Schools of interest:

FloridaIowaMichiganMinnesotaNotre DameOhio StateOklahomaUCLAUSC

2.

Andrew Norwell
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:255

Committed to:

Ohio State

3.

James Hurst
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:271
  • Forty:5.18

Committed to:

North Carolina

4.

Jake Matthews
  • Height:6-4.5
  • Weight:270
  • Forty:5.20

Committed to:

Texas A&M

5.

Robert Crisp
  • Height:6-8
  • Weight:290

Committed to:

North Carolina State

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1.

Christian Lombard
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:280

Committed to:

Notre Dame

2.

Bronson Irwin
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:315

Committed to:

Oklahoma

3.

Nick Rowland
  • Height:6-4.5
  • Weight:295
  • Forty:5.20

Committed to:

Oregon

4.

Kolton Houston
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:270

Committed to:

Georgia

5.

Chris Ward
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:300
  • Forty:5.30

Committed to:

UCLA

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1.

Brandon Linder
  • Height:6-6
  • Weight:290
  • Forty:5.20

Schools of interest:

FloridaMiami (Fl)Notre DameOhio StateAlabamaFlorida StateGeorgia

2.

Dominic Espinosa
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:275
  • Forty:5.20

Committed to:

Texas

3.

Austin Woods
  • Height:6-5
  • Weight:295
  • Forty:5.20

Committed to:

Oklahoma

4.

Giovanni Di Poalo
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:254
  • Forty:5.05

Committed to:

USC

5.

A.J. Cann
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:256
  • Forty:4.90

Committed to:

South Carolina

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1.

Garrison Smith
  • Height:6-3.5
  • Weight:255
  • Forty:4.70

Committed to:

Georgia

2.

Taylor Bible
  • Height:6-2.5
  • Weight:283
  • Forty:5.00

Committed to:

Texas

3.

George Uko
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:297
  • Forty:4.93

Schools of interest:

CaliforniaUSCLSUNebraskaOklahomaOregonTennesseeUCLA

4.

Sharrif Floyd
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:311
  • Forty:5.12

Schools of interest:

FloridaSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaOhio StatePenn StateUSCBoston CollegeMiami (Fl)MichiganRutgersWest Virginia

5.

Brandon Willis
  • Height:6-2.5
  • Weight:255

Committed to:

Tennessee

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1.

Jackson Jeffcoat
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:233
  • Forty:4.50

Schools of interest:

Arizona StateGeorgiaHoustonLSUOklahomaTexasTexas A&MUSC

2.

Ronald Powell
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:250
  • Forty:4.60

Schools of interest:

FloridaUSCAuburnGeorgiaLSUTennesseeUCLA

3.

Chris Martin
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:240

Committed to:

Notre Dame

4.

Corey Lemonier
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:225
  • Forty:4.80

Schools of interest:

AlabamaAuburnFloridaFlorida StateGeorgiaIllinoisMiami (Fl)MississippiNew MexicoNotre DameTennessee

5.

Reggie Wilson
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:238
  • Forty:4.70

Committed to:

Texas

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1.

Jeff Luc
  • Jeff Luc, MLB
  • Port Saint Lucie, FL
  • Treasure Coast HS
  • *****
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:240

Schools of interest:

AlabamaFloridaFlorida StateGeorgiaLSUMiami (Fl)Ohio StateTennesseeUSCNotre DameOklahomaSouthern Miss

2.

Mike Hull
  • Mike Hull, MLB
  • Canonsburg, PA
  • Canon-Mcmillan SHS
  • ****-
  • Height:6-0.5
  • Weight:204

Committed to:

Penn State

3.

Hayes Pullard
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:220
  • Forty:4.60

Schools of interest:

Arizona StateNotre DameUCLAUSCWashingtonNebraska

4.

Scott McVey
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:217
  • Forty:4.55

Committed to:

Ohio State

5.

Max Bullough
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:220

Committed to:

Michigan State

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1.

Justin McCay
  • Height:6-3.5
  • Weight:200

Committed to:

Oklahoma

2.

Jordan Hicks
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:200

Schools of interest:

AlabamaFloridaOhio StateTexasUSCGeorgiaLSU

3.

Corey Nelson
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:200
  • Forty:4.58

Committed to:

Texas A&M

4.

Shaun Lewis
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:207
  • Forty:4.55

Committed to:

Oklahoma State

5.

Khairi Fortt
  • Height:6-2.5
  • Weight:221
  • Forty:4.55

Committed to:

Penn State

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1.

Matt Elam
  • Matt Elam, S
  • Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • William T. Dwyer HS
  • *****
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:205
  • Forty:4.45

Committed to:

Florida

2.

Alec Ogletree
  • Height:6-3
  • Weight:212
  • Forty:4.60

Committed to:

Georgia

3.

Ahmad Dixon
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:190
  • Forty:4.50

Schools of interest:

BaylorAlabamaAuburnTennesseeTexas A&MOklahomaTCUTexasTexas Tech

4.

Keenan Allen
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:194
  • Forty:4.57

Committed to:

Alabama

5.

Jonathan Dowling
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:185

Committed to:

Florida

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1.

Demarcus Milliner
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:185
  • Forty:4.35

Committed to:

Alabama

2.

Lamarcus Joyner
  • Height:5-8.5
  • Weight:165
  • Forty:4.40

Schools of interest:

Ohio StateAlabamaFloridaFlorida StateGeorgiaMiami (Fl)Notre DameUSC

3.

Cullen Christian
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:180
  • Forty:4.55

Schools of interest:

MichiganOhio StatePittsburghUCLAWest VirginiaMaryland

4.

Jaylen Watkins
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:175
  • Forty:4.44

Committed to:

Florida

5.

Johnavon Fulton
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:175
  • Forty:4.39

Schools of interest:

AlabamaFloridaSouth CarolinaGeorgiaLSUMichiganVirginia Tech

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1.

Michael Palardy
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:170

Committed to:

Tennessee

2.

Cody Parkey
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:185

Committed to:

Auburn

3.

Cade Foster
  • Height:6-1
  • Weight:215

Committed to:

Alabama

4.

Jordan Williamson
  • Height:5-11
  • Weight:150

Committed to:

Stanford

5.

Drew Basil
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:180

Committed to:

Ohio State

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1.

Matt Darr
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:210

Committed to:

USC

2.

Joe Mansour
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:181

Committed to:

Kentucky

3.

Mike Sadler
  • Height:6-0
  • Weight:180
  • Forty:4.70

Committed to:

Michigan State

4.

Will Hagerup
  • Height:6-4
  • Weight:210
  • Forty:4.80

Committed to:

Michigan

5.

Cody Mandell
  • Height:6-2
  • Weight:200

Committed to:

Tulane

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Football Team Recruiting Leaderboard

RankSchoolConf.CommitsAvg. RatingTotal PointsPrev. Rank
1.OklahomaBig 12253.4841401
2.TexasBig 12203.9541072
3.Penn StateBig Ten203.9039973
4.AlabamaSEC223.7739844
5.LSUSEC233.5237465

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  • 11/07
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  • Jay Guy
  • ****-
  • Houston , TX
  • Committed to Nebraska
  • nebraska
  • 11/07
  • CB
  • Keion Payne
  • ***--
  • Fort Lauderdale , FL
  • Committed to Miami (Fl)
  • miami

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