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Bellevue High School's Budda Baker (32) has reopened his recruitment after rescinding his commitment to Oregon on Jan. 17

(Associated Press)

Former Oregon Ducks commit Budda Baker had a Q&A with Josh Liebeskind of The Seattle Times Tuesday answering questions about his newly reopened recruitment and more.

Baker, a four-star defensive back and running back from Bellevue (WA) High School, initially committed to Oregon in December, but

week before taking an official visit to the University of Washington. Baker told Liebeskind that he also plans to take an official visit to UCLA before making a college decision.

Among the reasons Baker balked on a playing career with the Ducks are his desire to play on the defensive side of the ball and apprehension about living in Eugene for the next four years. Check out the

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ere are the Duck centric highlights from the Q&A:

At Nike's The Opening football camp in July,

that the Ducks were high on his list of schools, but mentioned the Oregon coaching staff wanted him to play offense while he had interest in playing defense in college: