DeShaun Foster’s recruiting class of 2025 continues to round into place for the UCLA Bruins. 6’5, 220lbs edge rusher Epi Sitanilei from Bellflower California was the latest to commit to the Bruins.
According to 247Sports, he is a three-star recruit and listed as an 87 overall ranking. Sitanilei had interest from numerous schools and had as many as 14 offers. Some of the other offers came from California, Arizona, Arizona State and San Jose State.
He played his high school football at St. John Bosco. He has eye popping length and athletics that Foster and the Bruins coaching staff is excited about. He went to the Under Armour Next camp in March and finished with 25 tackles and three sacks.
Sitanilei made his commitment official on X:
COMMITTED@DeShaunFoster26@MalloeMalloe@CoachDubb_Drick@COACHSTACE_#GoBruins #DRE #DoMore#WelcomeToTheFosEra pic.twitter.com/zaDRZ5jtGW
— Epi K. Sitanilei (@KSitanilei) June 30, 2024
His first official visit to UCLA was back on May 17th. After that, he visited Oregon State, Arizona and California before committing to UCLA on Saturday.