A look at what’s left to work with following the departure of all its top edge rushers, players to watch and the strength of the group in the middle:

Right here:

Jordan branding is now at midfield

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According to Rivals’ Georgia site publisher, the 2025 season opener between UCLA and Georgia at the Rose Bowl scheduled for Aug. 30 may not be happening after all.

Word is that it could get canceled because of Big Ten scheduling.

Nothing official as of yet, but something to keep an eye on.

Right here:

Just announced by UCLA moments ago:

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Just got off the freeway and working on a formal story for this ASAP.

But here’s that interview with Scott Taylor where he mentioned all the upcoming additional visits (including one official) he’s got planned to UCLA after already visiting for an unofficial recently on March 8:

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A host of UCLA targets will be in Mission Viejo tomorrow and I’ll be there as well.

A lot of the same names who were at the Rivals camp, but an opportunity for me to catch up with the ones I did not have time to speak to including 2025 four-star QB Madden Iamaleava, who you might remember told Adam Gorney has UCLA in his top two.

So he will be one of the priorities for me tomorrow, including others who have future UCLA visits scheduled.

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It will be interesting to see who stays and who goes plus what newcomers we land.

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2026 Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon cornerback Madden Riordan announced today he’s visiting UCLA on April 2 when the Bruins hold their first open spring practice.

I’ll be out freelancing so won’t catch this until later, but for anyone who wants to hear it in real time. He will be on around 4:25 p.m.

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Jaden O’Neal is a four-star 2026 QB who just missed landing in the top 50 of the updated Rivals rankings.

UCLA didn’t go after many kids from City Section schools compared to those who competed in the Southern Section. O’Neal played at Newport Harbor before transferring earlier this month to Narbonne.

So this is another new approach under DeShaun Foster.
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Riverview (Fla.) Sumner four-star offensive tackle Ziyare Addison, a 2025 target, will be at UCLA on Wednesday and at Stanford two days later.

Addison, who has more than three dozen offers, previously visited Westwood last June when he was offered.

Ben got him 1-on-1 and while most of the answers were things he’s said in other settings, he did confirm that San Bernardino will not be an off-campus location for future camp after all but he is looking for one:

The 2025 UCLA cornerback commit will be in Westwood from May 31 to June 2

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He was among the UCLA targets I wasn’t able to get to for a video interview before the end of the Rivals Camp more than a week ago.

But I reached him tonight and will have a story up in the morning. Among the wave of visitors they had that week, he probably gave some of the more detailed responses as far as how the conversations went and what they specifically were about.

He’s already putting UCLA at the top of his list when I asked him about schools pushing the hardest. Others include Cal, Washington and Miami.

So he’ll be another to watch closely as his recruitment unfolds.

UCLA officially announced Tuesday the addition of Butler Benton, Chris Carter and Stacey Ford in recruiting roles on the football staff.

Benton is the program’s general manager of recruiting and personnel, Carter is his assistant GM and Ford is the new director of player personnel.

One interesting note about Ford: He was an assistant and defensive coordinator at Downey (Calif.) Warren before he took a job on Washington State’s recruiting staff. Warren is home to 2025 QB Madden Iamaleava, who has UCLA in his top two.

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Brady Edmunds will be on campus Tuesday. Last season, he visited for the season opener against Coastal Carolina.

The 2026 class ranking has been expanded from 100 players to a full Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2026

Ten highest debuts: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-highest-ranked-debuts-in-the-rivals250

Adam Gorney goes position-by-position: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2026-rivals250-released

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Zavion Griffin-Haynes from North Carolina

With the coaching change at Stanford, freshman guard Andrej Stojakovic is leaving Palo Alto, according to multiple reports.

UCLA was among his finalists out of high school.

Stojakovic averaged 7.8 points on 40.9% shooting, including 32.7% on 3-pointers, in 22.3 minutes per game this past season.

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According to Rivals national recruiting analyst Greg Smith: