"It's a great day," the father said. "He's really excited about this."

Stanford recruited Brown to play cornerback. This past season, he played safety for the Lancers.

The Cardinal have assembled an excellent recruiting class. I won't be surprised to see Stanford well-placed in any top-20 team national recruiting rankings.

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Wilkerson (6-0, 210) is planning two trips to Palo Alto, but the Cardinal have some competition for the back, who has been compared to Tustin great and NFL veteran DeShaun Foster.

Wilkerson plans to attend Stanford's Junior Day in late February. In late January, he plans to visit the school unofficially with his uncle, Marc Davis, who played baseball at Stanford.

Of the offer from Stanford, Wilkerson said: "Good news. That's one of the top schools I'm looking at."

Wilkerson said Stanford offered the week after the CIF-SS Southwest Division final. That same week, USC's Pete Carroll was among the coaches who visited Wilkerson at Tustin. Cal also made an on-campus visit.

Wilkerson said he also is interested in UCLA and Oklahoma. He said the Sooners are sending him a steady flow of letters.

Wilkerson carries a 3.8 grade-point average and is currently playing basketball for Tustin.

I think Tustin coach Myron Miller has brought Wilkerson along very nicely. The kid is going to be even more amazing next season.