Published Jun 17, 2024
Four-star OLB Zaydrius Rainey-Sale lists UCLA among top 3 finalists
Tracy McDannald Ā ā€¢Ā  BruinBlitz
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An already surging 2025 UCLA football recruiting class has the potential to add another significant piece next month.

Spanaway (Wash.) Bethel four-star outside linebacker Zaydrius Rainey-Sale, who took an official visit to Westwood a month ago, listed the Bruins among this top three finalists Monday with an Instagram post.

Florida State and Washington are the other two finalists, with a decision to come July 1, Rainey-Sale wrote in the caption.

Rainey-Sale was among a group of official visitors at UCLA from May 17-19. On the same visit was Graham (Wash.) Graham-Kapowsin three-star tight end Noah Flores, who is one of the Bruinsā€™ 11 commitments in the class.

Rainey-Sale and Flores train together as part of Washington-based Ford Sports Performance in Bellevue.

Rainey-Sale also took an unofficial visit to UCLA in March.

ā€œI feel like I can fit in with their defense and how everybody on that defense is versatile and they can play everything,ā€ Rainey-Sale told Bruin Blitz at the time during the first Rivals Camp Series stop in Southern California.

Rainey-Sale took an official visit this past weekend at Florida State.

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound standout was briefly committed to Washington for less than a week before former head coach Kalen DeBoer left for Alabama in January. He will wrap up his visits in Seattle this weekend.

As of Monday afternoon, UCLAā€™s recruiting class ranked 29th nationally in the Rivals 2025 rankings.