4-star IOL Champ Taulealea commits to Washington

San Jose (Calif.) Valley Christian four-star interior offensive lineman Champ Taulealea has committed to Washington, he announced on Thursday morning.

He chose the Huskies over USC, UCLA, Oregon and others.

Taulealea is the No. 260 overall prospect and No. 18 IOL in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He’s also the No. 27 player in California.

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The 6-foot-4, 350-pounder logged his official visit to Seattle at the beginning of May. He now becomes the highest-ranked commit in the Huskies’ 2025 recruiting class — which now ranks No. 30 in the nation, according to the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.

Taulealea is the second blue-chipper to join the class, flanking Tempe (Ariz.) IMG Academy four-star wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright, a top-300 recruit and top-40 wideout overall. Vines-Bright chose head coach Jedd Fisch and the Huskies on April 15.

“Just being on the visit, I was getting to know his Coach Fisch more and more. And even though I’ve had a relationship with him at Arizona, I’m getting to see he’s the real deal. He knows what he’s talking about, and he is a guy I want to be around,” he told On3’s Chad Simmons upon his commitment. “And the whole coaching staff is very family oriented, and it just felt like home to me.”

Fisch’s class now features seven commits overall. A pair of quarterbacks are pledged in Temecula (Calif.) Mater Dei three-star Dash Beierly and Mililani (Hawaii) three-star Treston McMillan. Three more California prospects round out the class: San Juan Capistrano J Serra Catholic three-star IOL Jake Flores, Danville Monta Vista three-star running back Julian McMahan and Menlo Park Atherton three-star EDGE Devin Hyde.