University of California Athletics

Omar Bennett

Wide Receiver
6-1, 170
Los Angeles (Beverly Hills HS)

An agile receiver who has a reputation as a game-breaker...had a big senior season with 62 catches for 984 yards (15.9 average) and 16 touchdowns...also returned punts for TDs from 75 and 68 yards and ahad a 95-yard kickoff return for a TD called back due to a penalty...received 7 votes in the prestigious Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West poll...earned SuperPrep All-Far West honors, ranking as the No. 33 propsect (and the third leading receiver) in the region...also was on the Tom Lemming Prep Report All-Far West team as the No. 60 overall prospect and on the PrepStar Western Region as the No. 13 receiver...earned first team All-CIF honors and was a first team South Bay selection by the LA Times...had a good junior season with 34 catches for 486 yards and 5 TDs...a solid student with plans to major in business or computer science at Cal...chose Cal after considering Wisconsin, Michigan State, Arizona and Arizona State.