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T H E C L A S S O F 2 0 1 8 >> WHAT HE DID Despite attending the Peddie School in New Jersey as a junior, Dotson set career records at Nazareth Area for catches (187), receiving yards (2,755) and receiving touchdowns (40). As a senior, he had 62 receptions for 889 yards and 15 TDs. Dotson also lettered in basketball and track. In 2016, he was part of Nazareth's PIAA champion 4x100 relay team and won a second title in the long jump, becoming the school's ;rst individual state champ since 1970. WHAT HE WON Dotson claimed ;rst- team Class AAAA All-State honors from the Pennsylvania Football Writers fol- lowing his sophomore and senior sea- sons and was named O=ensive MVP of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference's South Division in 2017. He has been awarded four stars by Rivals.com and is a member of the Rivals250, checking in at No. 164 overall. He's the ;?h-rated prospect in Pennsylvania and the 29th- rated wide receiver nationally. WHERE HE VISITED Dotson had been looking at the kind of schools that one would expect a high-level Northeastern prospect to be interested in, with Penn State and Ohio State near the top of his list. But early last September, he an- nounced that he would be attending UCLA. His decision caught some people by surprise, as Dotson had only made one uno>cial visit to Westwood. But he was acquainted with the Bruins' ;rst- year o=ensive coordinator, Jedd Fisch, who had been recruiting him while serv- ing as an assistant at Michigan. In De- cember, Fisch was ousted as part of the coaching purge that followed Chip Kelly's arrival. Penn State had continued to stay in touch, and on Dec. 20, the ;rst day of the early signing period, Dotson sent his letter of intent to the Nittany Lions. James Franklin described his re- cruitment as a series of "ups and downs, twists and turns," with the end result being another quality addition to the Lions'

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