sentences:  Upon graduation in 1970 from B.C.Elmore High School in Houston, Texas, Gene was recruited by Notre Dame, Stanford University, University of Texas, Texas A&M, University of Oklahoma, University of Nebraska, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and others.He began his freshman year as a starting defensive linebacker with the UCLA Bruins in 1971 under the direction of coach Franklin Cullen Pepper Rodgers.