LOS ANGELES | In a Georgia scouting report for Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinal, wide receiver Riley Ridley noticed a familiar name on Oklahoma.

It was Sooners wide receiver Marquise Brown, who grew up nearby Ridley on the same street in Dania Beach, Fla. when they were eight years old.

"Golly, he made it somewhere," Ridley said he thought to himself.

Brown and Ridley both made it to the Rose Bowl. The sophomores will play in the game in Pasadena Monday at 5 p.m. ET.

Three prominent wide receivers in the College Football Playoff lived on the same block then because Calvin Ridley, Riley’s older brother, is Alabama’s leading receiver. The junior plays against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl national semifinal on Monday night.

"There was a lot of talent on that street," Riley Ridley said. "My brother lived with me. We used to be racing in the street. We never knew he was going to play football or none of that but he was always fast and always good. We just hung around him."

Brown lived with his late grandmother, Althea Farmer. Ridley said he lost touch with Brown as their football careers took off.

"They were good players at a young age," Brown said. "I always looked up to Calvin growing up and now seeing them and being able to play with them is going to be fun."

Riley Ridley went on to play for Monarch and Deerfield Beach in high school. Brown went to Chaminade Madonna in Hollywood.

Ridley said he couldn’t remember who was faster when they were neighbors.

At Oklahoma, Brown has been timed at 23.85 miles per hour on a GPS monitor in practice and 22.9 in a game.

The 5-foot-11 Brown arrived at Oklahoma at 144 pounds and says he’s now up to 165. He is Oklahoma’s top wide receiver with 49 catches for 981 yards and six touchdowns.

Ridley is fourth among Georgia wide receivers with eight catches for 136 yards and two touchdowns.

Brown’s nickname is "Hollywood," for that South Florida city.

Brown said he asked some Oklahoma trainers to find out whether he could go check out the famous Hollywood sign up close this week. "Hollywood" wanted to take a picture at the Hollywood sign, but no dice, he was told.

It’s against the law to get close to the sign, which has restricting gates and is protected by security cameras and Park Rangers, according to its website.

"I didn’t get a chance to get there," Brown said.

That’s OK. Brown and Ridley have made it all the way to the Rose Bowl.