UCLA Football: Revisiting the 2018 recruiting class/in-coming freshmen

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WESTWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 27: Chip Kelly speaks to the media during a press conference after being introduced as the new UCLA Football head coach on November 27, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images) /

With the 2018 UCLA football recruiting class making it to Westwood for summer, Go Joe Bruin gives you a quick overview of who the newest Bruins are.

Chip Kelly’s first UCLA football recruiting class was a mixture of both his selections and former coach Jim Mora’s. During the transition, the Bruins lost several commitments, gained a few and had several stick with their pledges to the program.

Either way, it amounted to the 18th best class in the nation and the 4th best in the Pac-12, according to 247Sports.com. It was not the most star-studded, but something you will find about Kelly, he doesn’t look for stars, he makes them.

So who is he going to be working with this fall? Let us revisit the class.

UCLA Football 2018 Recruiting Class

★★★★ QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson

6’1, 195 lbs., (Bishop Gorman HS/Las Vegas, NV) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ ATH Bryan Addison

6’5, 180 lbs., (Junipero Serra/Gardena, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ WR Chase Cota

6’3, 195 lbs., (South Medford/Medford, OR) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ LB Bo Calvert

6’3, 218 lbs., (Oaks Christian/Westlake Village, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ S Stephan Blaylock

5’10, 185 lbs., (St. John Bosco/Bellflower, CA)- Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ OG Chris Murray

6’3, 300 lbs. (Mater Dei/Santa Ana, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ TE Michael Ezeike

6’5, 220 lbs., (Colony/Ontario, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ DE Elijah Wade

6’5, 240 lbs., (Arbor View/Las Vegas, NV) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★★ WR Kyle Phillips

5’11, 176 lbs., (San Marcos/San Marcos, CA)

★★★★ DT Tyler Manoa

6’5, 260 lbs., St. Francis (Mountain View, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ TE Matt Alaimo

6’5, 235 lbs., (St. Joseph Regional/Montvale, NJ) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ CB Rayshad Williams

6’4, 183 lbs. (Whitehaven/Memphis, TN) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ DT Otito Ogbonnia

6’3, 300 lbs. (Taylor/Katy, TX) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ S Kenny Churchwell

6’2, 180 lbs., (Mountain Pointe/Phoenix, AZ) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ RB Kazmeir Allen

5’10, 185 lbs., (Tulare Union/Tulare, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ WR Delon Hurt

6’0, 190 lbs., (Servite/Anaheim, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ OT Alec Anderson

6’5, 283 lbs., (Etiwanda/Rancho Cucamonga, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ ATH Patrick Jolly

6’1, 177 lbs., (Newsome/Lithia, FL) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ DE Steven Mason

6’8, 250 lbs., (Southwestern College/Chula Vista, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ CB Elisha Guidry

6’0, 177 lbs., (Vista Murrieta/Murrieta, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ LB Je’Vari Anderson

6’0, 220 lbs., (Laney College/Oakland, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ TE David Priebe

6’6, 212 lbs. (Midway/Waco, TX) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ OT Jon Gaines

6’5, 270 lbs., (Marquette University/Milwaukee, WI) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ RB Martell Irby

5’8, 204 lbs. (Morse/San Diego, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ DT Atonio Mafi

6’3, 360 lbs., (Junipero Serra/San Mateo, CA) – Go Joe Bruins Analysis

★★★ OG Baraka Beckett

6’4, 280 lbs., (Palisades Pacific/Palisades, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ LB Tyree Thompson

6’3, 235 lbs., (L.A. Valley College/Van Nuys, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis

★★★ P Collin Flintoft

6’1, 185 lbs., (Loyola/Los Angeles, CA) – Go Joe Bruin Analysis