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Pac-12 Football Has Local Flavor

Culver City players hope to make an impact with their teams.

The 2011 Pacific 12 Conference football season kicks off in a few weeks and players from Culver City will be trying to make an impact with their respective college teams. 

Kevin Cummings, who grew up in Culver City and was a standout at Crespi High School in Encino, is looking to contribute at slotback and on special teams as a sophomore at Oregon State.

Due to an injury his freshman year in Corvallis, Cummings played in only one game last fall (against California). He was the team captain and offensive Most Valuable Player and earned first team All-Serra League honors his senior season at Crespi.  

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At Arizona State in Tempe, former West L.A. College and Inglewood High standout Kevin Ayers hopes to see time in the Sun Devils' secondary.

A 6-foot, 200-pound junior safety, Kevin is the younger brother of former UCLA All-American linebacker Akeem Ayers. In nine games at West L.A. in 2010 he had 54 tackles, four pass breakups, two interceptions and two forced fumbles while playing both free safety and strong safety.

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Redshirt freshman linebacker Victor Burnett was expected to battle for playing time at Washington, but Huskies head coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed Thursday that Burnett had been dismissed from the team.

Burnett made 51 solo tackles and 43 assisted tackles, four sacks and one interception in seven games as a senior linebacker at Culver City High in 2009.

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