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4-star recruit Brandon Burton commits to UCLA with paintball game

Brandon Burton got a jump on National Signing Day when just after midnight he released a video on Bleacher Report that showed him choosing which school he would attend through a game of paintball.

Brandon Burton got a jump on National Signing Day when just after midnight he released a video on Bleacher Report that showed him choosing which school he would attend through a game of paintball.

The four-star athlete had friends in jerseys of Ohio State, Florida State, Stanford, Oklahoma and UCLA and attempted to capture the flag of the school he had decided on.

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The clip ends with Burton, who is expected to start out as a safety, waving a UCLA flag and letting everyone know he will be bring his football, and paintball, skills to the Bruins next year.

– Brendan Maloy