Aiden Gobaira
UCLA Bruins
85
Great

Aiden Gobaira

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DEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · James Madison
2nd String / Backup

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Aiden Gobaira is listed 2nd string at DE for UCLA Bruins.

Redshirt senior · #97 · 6'4", 261 lbs

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Depth at DE · UCLA Bruins

  1. 11598Sahir WestStarter
  2. 29785Aiden GobairaYou
  3. 32477Cole Cogshell
  4. 41165Nico Davillier

UCLA Starting Lineup

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Up next for UCLA

UCLA plays Minnesota away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Chantilly, ranked #168 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 33 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 93th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #168 NatlTeam Share9%Percentile93th
Fairfax, VA
Jersey
#97
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
261 lbs
Transfer
James Madison

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—337.54.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9332
National Rank
#168
High School
Chantilly
Hometown
Chantilly, VA

Why this rating?

On a 98-rated defense; 93th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.86 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
98
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 93% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 24% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WNEVTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-0

Oct 24WMSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-10

Oct 17WWISTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-7

Oct 10WORETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 17-15

Sep 20WPURTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-38

Sep 12WSDSUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-10

Aiden Gobaira's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

33 tkl · 7.5 TFL · 4.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement69%
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