Weekly Recruiting Report (4/15/21)

Warren (Downey) quarterback [player_tooltip player_id="25390" first="Nico" last="Iamaleava"] has picked up three major offers this past week. The class of 2023 standout was offered by Georgia, USC and Oregon. It’s worth noting that Iamaleava’s cousin Viane Talamaivao is a quality control coach at USC. Trojans head coach Clay Helton and other assistant coaches including Talamaivao offered Iamaleava a scholarship on a FaceTime call Monday. Iamaleava told Greg Biggins of 247Sports that his favorite three football teams growing up were Oregon, UCLA and USC. <p class="p1">"Man I loved all of them," lamaleava told Biggins. "I have strong ties to all three programs. I have an aunty who played basketball at Oregon. I have uncles and cousins who played at USC, Viane is coaching there now and I was a huge fan of Troy (Polamalu)."</p> <p class="p1">"UCLA has always been a fan favorite of mine and it’s right in our backyard. Plus my uncle (Johnny Nansen) coaches there now and they have been on me hard for awhile so I have a lot of interest there."</p> Iamaleava has thrown for 808 yards through three games with 14 touchdowns and just one interception. https://twitter.com/Pulemau4/status/1380904709041491974?s=20 <hr /> <strong>Bosco defensive star back on the market</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="25092" first="Andrew" last="Simpson"] of St. John Bosco (Bellflower) was granted a release from his National Letter of Intent to the University of Kansas Wednesday which opens up his recruitment. He committed to Kansas early in May of 2020 and both coaches that recruited him, including former head coach Les Miles, are no longer at Kansas. Through five games, Simpson is second on the team with 27 tackles, and leads the team in tackles for loss (3), sacks (2) and interceptions (2). The dead period on official visits is in effect until June but he has indicated he wants to commit before that. Since announcing that his recruitment is back open, five schools have offered him. Florida International, San Jose State, Coastal Carolina, UNLV and San Diego State have all offered Simpson in just one day. https://twitter.com/lfernando86/status/1379032270393241601?s=20 <hr /> <strong>San Diego defensive end heating up</strong> Torrey Pines defensive end <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2021/03/torrey-pines-vs-cathedral-catholic-preview-players-to-watch/">Zach Rowell</a> picked up two Pac 12 offers on Tuesday. Washington State and Colorado have offered the junior defensive star. Rowell is 6-foot-5, 260 pounds and has really gained steam during the extended offseason due to COVID 19. All nine of his offers have come since January. Recruiting analysts expect Rowell to commit to Oregon. https://twitter.com/rowell_zach/status/1348740526292434944?s=20 <hr /> <strong>Top long snapper commits</strong> Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo) long snapper <strong>Kurt Chesney</strong> announced his commitment to Air Force on Monday. Air Force was Chesney’s dream school according to Wolverines head coach Mike Calahan. "I am very excited to announce that I have committed to the United States Air Force Academy to serve my country, further my education and play football," Chesney said via Twitter. Chesney is a five-star recruit according to long snapping coach Chris Rubio and one of the best snappers in the west. https://twitter.com/kurtchesney2022/status/1188654616444993542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1188654616444993542%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fprepredzone.com%2F2021%2F03%2Fweekly-recruiting-report-15%2F <hr /> <strong>Trinity League lineman gaining steam</strong> Defensive lineman <strong>Hero Kanu</strong> of Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) has picked up three big offers this week. Ohio State offered Kanu last Thursday, Florida offered him Monday and UCLA extended the offer Wednesday. Kanu is from Germany and is new to playing football. He is 6-foot-5 and close to 300 pounds. In four games this season he’s produced 24 total tackles, 1.5 sacks and a team-high nine tackles for a loss. https://twitter.com/BCollierPPI/status/1381340955949867008?s=20 &nbsp;