Oregon is not the only suitor attempting to bring Vernon Adams to campus.

UCLA and Texas have each registered interest in Adams, the Eastern Washington quarterback who can graduate and transfer to play immediately for a fifth season of eligibility in 2015, according to his high school coach Dean Herrington.

Herrington, who has coached at Bishop Alemany in Mission Hills, California, for nine seasons, said he's fielded calls from the schools since Oregon's pursuit of Adams became well-known.

"They both want him," Herrington said in a phone interview, adding that he believes Adams' decision will nonetheless come down to the Ducks and Eagles.

Adams took an official visit to Oregon the last weekend of January. After he returned to Cheney, Washington, he told

that he could decide as early as Monday whether to stay at Eastern, where his blend of passing and running has made him runner-up for the Walter Payton award for FCS player of the year two consecutive seasons.

Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin said Wednesday that he will meet with Adams on Monday to discuss his options. He hopes to find out sometime soon after where the quarterback stands.

"It'll be sooner rather than later," Baldwin told

. "We're definitely not trying to drag this out for weeks."

Both the Bruins and Longhorns have blue-chip quarterbacks on their roster, but they are young. Five-star freshman Josh Rosen has already enrolled at UCLA, while four-star dual-threat QB Kai Locksley sent Texas his letter of intent on Wednesday.

The Ducks have offered Adams a scholarship but no guarantee of starting. He would be one more quarterback in an already packed competition, joining junior-to-be Jeff Lockie, sophomores Taylor Alie and Ty Griffin, redshirt freshman Morgan Mahalak and true freshman Travis Waller.

Adams is said to graduate this spring from Eastern, meaning he'd miss Oregon's spring practices but be available by summer.

-- Andrew Greif

agreif@oregonian.com

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