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UCLA receives a commitment from highly touted receiver Chase Cota

A view from the field of the $75-million Wasserman training facilty on the UCLA campus.
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Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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UCLA received a nonbinding commitment Wednesday from Chase Cota, a highly touted wide receiver from South Medford (Ore.) High who picked the Bruins despite strong family ties to Oregon.

Cota’s father, Chad, played for Oregon’s 1995 Rose Bowl team and his cousin Brady Breeze is a freshman safety for the Ducks. Chase Cota, who stands 6 feet 4 and weighs 190 pounds, picked the Bruins over Oregon, Alabama, California, Georgia, Notre Dame and USC.

Cota told reporters in announcing his decision that he liked UCLA receivers coach Jimmie Dougherty and called the hiring of new coach Chip Kelly “icing on the cake.”

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UCLA also formally announced the hiring of Paul Rhoads as defensive backs coach in continuing its overhaul of its defensive staff.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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