Class of 2024 OT Marquise Thorpe-Taylor Earns UCLA Football Offer
One of the top tackles on the West Coast has added another SoCal power to his list of suitors.
UCLA football has sent an offer to class of 2024 offensive lineman Marquise Thorpe-Taylor, the Mount Tahoma (WA) prospect announced Monday night on Twitter. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound left tackle has picked up eight of his 10 offers since mid-January.
Thorpe-Taylor's other offers are from Arizona, BYU, Cal, Colorado State, Nevada, Oregon, USC, Washington and Washington State. He has also received interest from Oklahoma and Oregon State.
USC just hosted Thorpe-Taylor for a visit several weeks ago, and he went to Washington and Oregon earlier in the spring. Last May, Thorpe-Taylor took an unofficial to Oklahoma.
Thorpe-Taylor is a steady left tackle with plenty of size, but he has also proven capable of moving laterally and pulling across on screens.
Playing on the other side of the ball as a defensive end, Thorpe-Taylor recorded 25 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, seven quarterback hurries and two passes defended in 2022.
Thorpe-Taylor is a three-star recruit, according to 247Sports, Rivals and On3. In the 247Sports Composite, Thorpe-Taylor is ranked as the No. 9 player in Washington, the No. 45 offensive tackle is the country and he No. 582 overall prospect in his class.
Among offensive tackles in the West, Thorpe-Taylor ranks No. 5. UCLA has offered three of the four players at his position in the region who are ranked above Thorpe-Taylor.
The Bruins' staff has sent out 43 offers overall to class of 2024 prospects, with 11 going to offensive linemen. One of UCLA's two commits in next year's cycle is an offensive tackle – three-star Eastlake (CA) prospect Joshua Glanz.
Between Glanz and four-star defensive back Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins, UCLA's two-man class of 2024 ranks No. 55 in the country and No. 6 in the Pac-12.
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