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Jeremiah Valoaga, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound tight end out of Channel Islands H.S. in Oxnard, Calif., has committed to the Utes. Valoaga will gray shirt, which means he'll pay his own way, so he won't count toward Utah's limit of 25 scholarships in the 2012 class. Valoaga said he felt he had a good bond with the fellow Utes while on his visit. "I just felt like I was at home while I was there," he said. Valoaga also was considering UNLV and Hawaii.