USC Football: Trojans Trying to Flip Four-Star Defensive End From Washington Huskies
Army and Navy Academy (Carlsbad, CA) 2024 defensive end Ratumana Bulabalavu is a 6-foot-4, 260-pound four-star who was previously committed to Washington. He committed to UW in December, but that was before former Husky head coach Kalen Deboer took the head coaching job at Alabama. And now, it appears that Bulabalavu has his eyes set on USC. On3's Scott Schrader gets credit for breaking the news of Bulabalavu's visit to USC.
He played against relatively weak competition during his high school career (compared most of USC's recruits), but that didn't stop 247 Sports from slapping that four-star label on him. Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggins of 247 Sports wrote that Bulabalavu "moves extremely well and is a player we think can play inside or outside depending on where his body goes in a few years".
Bulabalavu may not have played against top-level competition, but he certainly has the production you'd like to see from a recruit in his position. The twitchy defensive end tallied nearly 200 tackles and over 60 sacks during his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons at Army and Navy Academy. Check out his senior season highlights below.
He's got size that the current Trojan coaching staff covets up front along the defensive line, and has a frame that will probably carry an additional 20-30 pounds well. Bulabalavu considering offers from Washington, Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State, but doesnt appear to have an offer from USC just yet.
That could change, should Bulabalavu's visit down to USC go well. Regardless, with signing day quickly approaching on Wednesday, February 7th, the recruitment of Bulabalavu will be over soon.
