The Hotline is delighted to provide West Coast fans with a regular dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Phoenix-based national recruiting editor for 247Sports. He submitted the following report on Sept. 18 …

Coaching change in Westwood

The alarm bells sounded for weeks. And finally, after losses to UNLV and New Mexico, UCLA’s administration finally ripped off the Band-Aid and terminated coach DeShaun Foster.

While Foster had rejuvenated UCLA’s recruiting efforts after Chip Kelly essentially boycotted the process, his firing sparked an exodus of talent from what was once a promising class.

On Sunday morning, prior to his firing, UCLA had one of the top-25 recruiting class in the country and was No. 7 in the Big Ten, according to 247Sports da

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