Bob Chesney’s UCLA Bruins have made an effort to add talent to their secondary. The Bruins continued that on Saturday by landing cornerback Trey Hopkins out of La Salle College in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.
Chesney convinced the East Coast cornerback to head to Southern California, but that’s not too surprising when you remember that Chesney is from Pennsylvania himself. 247 Sports has Hopkins ranked as the No. 84 cornerback in the class and as the No. 24 player from the state of Pennsylvania.
Hopkins has great size for the position, standing at 6’2” and weighing 195 lbs. In his junior season of high school at La Salle College, Hopkins had one interception, made 31 tackles and had an impressive 19 pass breakups. Hopkins chose UCLA over offers from Penn State, Michigan State, Colorado and Texas A&M.
UCLA’s 2027 recruiting class has some compelling options in the secondary. The Bruins have landed four-stars JuJu Johnson, Jerry Outhouse Jr., Khalil Terry and Pole Moala. UCLA’s pass defense wasn’t too bad in 2025, the Bruins allowed 199.8 passing yards per game in Big Ten Conference games, which was the sixth-fewest in the conference.
While the Class of 2027 secondary pieces won’t be joining the Bruins this season, it gives Chesney’s programs a young group of talented defensive backs to develop into impact players over the next few years.
As of Sunday, 247 Sports has UCLA with the No. 4 recruiting class for 2027, with the Bruins already having 19 commits set to head to Westwood.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA football lands three-star cornerback Trey Hopkins
Reporting by Dylan McNeill, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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