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Former Los Angeles-area high school star ready to show USC what it missed

The season had started badly for Khalil Tate, the young Arizona quarterback battling injury and stuck on the bench.

So when his Wildcats had a bye, he decided to spend the weekend at home in Southern California and maybe watch his old high school team.

Showing up at a Gardena Serra game in late September, he sought out his former coach and talked about how badly he wanted a chance to start at Arizona.

"Once they put me in," he said, "they'll never take me out."

It was a bold statement from a sophomore

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