Southern California Recruiting Report (Part 1)
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Here is the recruiting news in Southern California from the past week. Santino “Sonny” Aina CA #354 DL #31 HEIGHT 6'2" WEIGHT 285 POS DL CLASS 2024 View Profile Santino “Sonny” Aina Twitter State: California School: Pacifica Pacifica (Oxnard) defensive…
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Pacifica (Oxnard) defensive lineman Santino “Sonny” Aina announced his commitment to Portland State on Sunday.
Aina had 34 tackles, six for a loss with two sacks for Oaks Christian last season. He earned First Team All-Marmonte League honors.
He also had an offer from Cornell and Portland State offered him on May 15.
Aina is the first player in Portland State’s 2024 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
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Centennial (Corona) cornerbac Tayten Beyer Tayten Beyer 5’11” | 175 lbs | DB Corona Centennial | 2024 State CA announced his commitment to San Diego State last Wednesday.
Beyer was the best defensive back at the Prep Redzone Stock Up Showcase in January in my opinion and a coach said he was one of the best athletes he had seen at a showcase recently.
He and fellow cornerback LaRue Zamorano LaRue Zamorano 6’2″ | 170 lbs | DB Centennial | 2025 State CA had a great showing at the Mission Viejo Passing Tournament.
Beyer chose San Diego State over 9 other schools that offered him including Boise State, Boston College and UNLV among others.
He is the seventh player from Southern California in San Diego State’s 2024 recruiting class, and the second defensive back joining Foster Slaughter Foster Slaughter 6’0″ | 160 lbs | DB Los Alamitos | 2024 State CA of Los Alamitos.
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Madison (San Diego) defensive back Jaylon Brown Jaylon Brown 6’0″ | 175 lbs | DB Madison | 2024 State CA picked up an offer from Southern Utah last Wednesday.
Brown had 23 tackles with 14 pass deflections as a junior at Madison last season. He also plays running back at Madison.
Southern Utah joins Nevada in offering Brown and he took visits to Cal Poly and San Diego State earlier this year.
Oak Hills junior running back Karson Cox Karson Cox 6’1″ | 190 lbs | RB Oak Hills | 2025 State CA picked up a “dream offer” from Oregon last Friday.
Cox ran for 1215 yards on 128 carries with 18 touchdowns for Oak Hills as a sophomore last season.
He told Greg Biggins of 247Sports that Oregon was a dream school he watched growing up.
Cox also has offers from Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, SMU, UNLV, Washington and Washington State.