Bruin Back Leaving UCLA

For the second time this offseason, UCLA is losing a tailback from their backfield rotation, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.Citing the back’s mother, The Times writes that Aundre Dean has asked for, and been granted, his release from his Bruin scholarship.”He will go some place where he has the opportunity to play,” Jennifer Dean told the paper. “He has listed about 14 schools he is going to look at. We already have a couple of visits scheduled."Dean’s mother mentioned Texas, Texas Christian and Texas A&M as potential destinations for her son. Before accepting a scholarship to UCLA, Dean had verbally committed to the Aggies.The three schools mentioned by name would bring Dean closer to his Houston home, which was apparently another factor in the back’s decision to leave the Bruins football program.