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Gauging UCLA's Recruiting Class After Signing Day

See how Bob Chesney's first recruiting class compares to the rest of the country.
Travis Tyler|
Jan 31, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Bruins head football coach Bob Chesney is introduced during the basketball game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Jan 31, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Bruins head football coach Bob Chesney is introduced during the basketball game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

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Wednesday was the offical February national signing day across college football. While it's much less exciting because of the early signing period in December, it still brings important implications for teams with new coaches, like UCLA, as they round out their recruiting classes.

The Bruins did not sign any additional commits on Wednesday, and based on recent activity, it seems that Bob Chesney's first recruiting class at UCLA is complete.

Where Does UCLA's 2026 Recruiting Class Rank?

Recruiting experts don't have high praise for Chesney's first influx of players, which clearly put an emphasis on the transfer portal with more than twice as many portal commits as high school signees. The Bruins signed 19 high school players, pretty much all rated three-stars or lower.

According to On3's overall industry rankings, which incorporates all the rankings from the different recruiting platforms, the Bruins have the 64th-ranked class in the country, and the 17th-ranked class in the Big Ten, which currently consists of 18 teams.

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Dec 9, 2025; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Bob Chesney is introduced as UCLA Bruins football coach at press conference at Renee Luskin Conference Center Centennial Ballroom. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

UCLA's Top Signees

Stockton, California, native Kenneth Moore III is the top-rated recruit in UCLA's 2026 freshman class as the only fringe three-star/four-star prospect. He's a top-75 wide receiver nationally, ranks 411th overall, and is a top-40 player in the state of California. The Bruins got him to stay home after is commitment in November 2024. He's also going to be an early enrollee and participate in spring football.

Tight end Camden Jensen is another one of the classes top recruits, and many recruiting experts beleive he may move to offensive tacle because of his elite blocking. Like many good tight ends, he has a basketball background that helps him play a physical, boxing-out style, but the biggest win here is that UCLA kept hims from programs like Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Auburn, Baylor, Arkansas, Texas A&M, his home state of Colorado, and amny other Power 4 programs.

UCLA also has a couple good offensive line prospect in Bakersfield native Quinn Buckey and Cooper Javorsky from San Juan Capistrano. Buckey is the son of former Stanford and NFL lineman Jeff Buckey, had a brother also play at Stanford, and now joins his other brother, Grant, a current Bruin defensive lineman. Quinn originally committed to Michigan State but flipped after the Spartans' coaching change.

Javorsky is a right tackle who might end up playing on the interior as he develops. His wrestling background makes him an intriguing lineman, and he chose UCLA over Auburn, Oregon State, and a few other West Coast schools.

Rounding out the top-five ranked recruits in this class is Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO) running back Jayden Fox. Fox is on the smaller side at about 5-foot-8, 165 lbs, and is the No.14-ranked player in Colorado, where he was also the Gatorade Player of the Year. He ran for over 4,200 yards and 55 touchdowns in high school and had 13 DI scholarship offers.

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Travis Tyler
TRAVIS TYLER

Travis Tyler joined On SI as a writer in January 2026. He has experience contributing to FanSided’s NFL, college football, and college basketball coverage, in addition to freelance work throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth area, including high school, college, and professional sports for the Dallas Express and contributions to the College Football Dawgs, Last Word on Sports/Hockey, and The Dallas Morning News. In addition to his writing, Travis contributes video and podcasting content to Fanatics View and regularly appears as a guest analyst. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and SMU and is an avid Detroit sports fan with a deep knowledge and appreciation of sports history. Follow Travis Tyler on Twitter at @TTyler_Sports.