Class of 2024 OT Nathan Roy Includes UCLA Football in Top 3

The offensive lineman with strong Bruin ties is still considering the blue and gold with his commitment date coming up in June.

The Bruins could add another top lineman to their upcoming recruiting class next month.

Class of 2024 offensive tackle Nathan Roy revealed his top three finalists Tuesday on Twitter, and he included UCLA football among the top contenders. Michigan State and Minnesota are the other finalists Roy is considering, and he is in line to make his decision on June 20.

Roy previously announced a top seven on Feb. 16, but Ohio State, Tennessee, Wisconsin and USC did not make the cut this time around. The Mukwonago (WI) product had additional offers from Central Michigan, Florida, Iowa State, Penn State, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Purdue, Indiana, Syracuse, Miami (FL), Kentucky and Oklahoma.

After taking unofficial visits to Wisconsin, Minnesota and USC earlier this spring, Roy went on an official visit to UCLA the weekend of May 12. He has officials booked to Michigan State and Minnesota on June 9 and 16, respectively.

Roy won offensive line MVP at the National Preps Showcase in 2021, and the Henderson, Nevada, native has showed out at training camps across the nation ever since.

The 6-foot-5, 275-pound junior helped lead Mukwonago to a 12-2 record last fall, which was good enough for them to finish the year as the No. 2 team in Wisconsin. The AP also named Roy to its All-State First Team in 2022.

Roy is a three-sport athlete at Mukwonago, additionally competing for its basketball and track & field teams. He is also the brother of rising redshirt sophomore Benjamin Roy Jr., who arrived in Westwood in 2021.

Rivals, ESPN and On3 have Roy listed as a four-star prospect, while 247Sports has him pegged as a three-star. Roy is ranked as the No. 2 player in Wisconsin, the No. 16 offensive lineman in the country and the No. 187 overall player in his class, per the 247Sports Composite.

UCLA already has three offensive tackle commits – three-stars Mark Schroller, Marquise Thorpe-Taylor and Joshua Glanz – which is set to do wonders for the team's depth up front as they prepare to move to the Big Ten in 2024.

Between their 2022 and 2023 high school recruiting classes, the Bruins added just two offensive linemen, both of whom were three-star prospects ranked outside the top 500 nationally – Sam Yoon and Tavake Tuikolovatu. Of the six who joined in the 2020 and 2021 recruiting classes – none of whom were top 500 prospects – only four remain.

Offensive line coach Tim Drevno is well on his way to turning that around in his second full recruiting cycle, though, with Schroller, Thorpe-Taylor and Glanz already pledged to UCLA and Roy only one step away. Four-star tackle Manasse Itete also has the Bruins in his top 10.

Between Schroller, Thorpe-Taylor, Glanz, three-star linebacker Isaiah Patterson and four-star defensive back Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins, UCLA's five-man class of 2024 ranks No. 39 in the country and No. 3 in the Pac-12.

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