UCLA’s 2025 football recruiting class is ranked No. 42 nationally by 247Sports. The Bruins’ 2026 recruiting class is even stronger, ranked at No. 21 nationally and No. 7 in the Big Ten.
DeShaun Foster isn’t struggling to build his program, but UCLA has lost out on three significant four-star recruits in the class of 2026, including quarterback Oscar Rios (Arizona) and wide receiver Vance Spafford (Miami).
Most notably, top-rated running back and California native Brian Bonner opted Tuesday for a different Big Ten team — Washington.
The Huskies’ 2026 recruiting class is just ahead of UCLA, ranked No. 6 in the Big Ten and No. 17 nationally. A few weeks ago, Bruins Report Online lead reporter Tracy Pierson published an update on Bonner’s commitment status.
“It appears it’s a UCLA/UW battle for Bonner, and the word is that he could be leaning to the Huskies,” Pierson wrote June 24.
Bonner, ranked No. 6 among all RB recruits, told Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett he made the official selection of Washington Tuesday. It’s a tough loss for the Bruins, who need to add depth at the position and have just one target left available.
UCLA extended an offer to Mississippi native and three-star recruit Sharroid Whitehead, but he remains uncommitted with no obvious lean toward a specific program. Whitehead received interest from numerous Power 5 programs, including Big Ten opponents Penn State and Wisconsin.
“Now it’s scramble mode [for UCLA],” Sports Illustrated’s Greg Liodice wrote Wednesday.
If things with Whitehead don’t pan out and the Bruins don’t browse the transfer portal, Liodice says UCLA might not get their next blue-chipper out of the backfield until 2027.
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Publish date : 2025-07-09 20:13:00
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