NOTEBOOK

About 700 of the state’s top high school football prospects will be tested at the third annual Southern California Reebok Preseason Combine on May 20 at El Camino College.

Seniors-to-be will be measured for height and weight and will be evaluated in the 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuttle run, bench-press repetition and standing vertical jump.

The first group begins at 8 a.m. with an orientation meeting.

Scouts from 70 to 80 Division I schools will scout the players.

“You won’t see school colors from UCLA, USC or any other area college because those schools’ coaches do not want to use their one evaluation (to which they are limited under NCAA rules) at the combine,” Student Sports Magazine Editor Mark Tennis said. “But they will be represented. You will see scouts wearing colors from Southern Methodist, Northwestern and others who want to do one-stop shopping in Southern California.”

For the first time, some Arizona and Nevada players will be among the prospects evaluated.