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Hawaiian star makes big impression at Under Armour Game practices

By Jon Mahoney
ESPNRISE.com

Friday, January 2, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. -- QB Matt Barkley grew up playing football in the pigskin hotbed of Orange County, Calif., an area annually teeming with Division I recruits. With the amount of talent the USC-bound quarterback has seen over the years, it understandably takes a lot to wow him. But after just two practices for Sunday's Under Armour All-America Game (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET), Barkley couldn't believe what he'd just seen -- a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker with such a freakish combo of size, speed and power ...

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