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12/14/2011
Kalil, Woods, McDonald Are All-American First Teamers
Five Trojans named Freshman All-American first teamers.
2011: Uko will battle for playing time at defensive tackle as a redshirt freshman in 2011.
2010: Uko redshirted as a freshman defensive tackle in 2010, his first year at USC. He won USC's Service Team Defensive Player of the Year Award.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2009 honors included Parade All-American, Under Armour All-American, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Scout.com All-American second team, Sporting News Top 100, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Dream Team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Max Preps All-State Division I first team, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Inland Valley first team and All-Mt. Baldy League as a senior defensive lineman at Don Lugo High in Chino (Calif.). He had 91 tackles with 15 sacks in 2009.
As a junior in 2008, he made Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Inland Valley second team and All-League. He had 90 tackles (with 5 sacks), 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery in 2008.
