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UL Football Offers Steven Ortiz, Jr.
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajun have their eyes set on a prep football standout from out west.
Louisiana has offered Steven Ortiz, Jr., a defensive back from Desert Edge High School in Goodyear, Arizona, a scholarship.
The Advertiser's Tim Buckley alerted us to the offer:
The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Oritz will begin his junior campaign next month, and is scheduled to graduate high school in 2021.
Ortiz has also reportedly been offered by such schools as Oregon, Arizona, Nebraska, Northern Arizona, Oregon St., Penn St., Rutgers, San Diego St., Syracuse, and William & Mary.
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