2026 Football Recruiting Class

AJ Tuitele

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown North Las Vegas, NV
  • Last School(s) Mojave HS

Biography

Prior to Cal

  • Played in three games and redshirted as a 2025 true freshman for a 9-4 USC team that reached the Alamo Bowl, making a single tackle in the bowl game against TCU.

  • Nominated for SI Nevada Player of the Year honors and produced a huge season as 2024 senior at Mojave High School with 196 tackles, 39.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries for a team that won 4A state and 4A Desert League titles, finishing 12-1 overall and 6-0 in conference action.

  • Had 10 games of double-digit tackles including two contests with a season-high-tying 20 stops as a senior.

  • Rated as high as the No. 15 linebacker in the nation and the top player overall in the state of Nevada in the 2024 recruiting class by On3.

Statistics

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