BYU Football Lands Former Oregon Signee Alai Kalaniuvalu
May 27, 2025, 6:46 PM | Updated: May 28, 2025, 2:42 pm
BYU football picked up a commitment from Alai Kalaniuvalu. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
(Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
Good things come to those who wait.
That message rang true on Tuesday, May 27, as BYU football landed a signing from Alai Kalaniuvalu, an offensive line recruit in the class of 2025.
BYU football adds former Oregon signee Alai Kalaniuvalu
Welcome to the Family @AKalaniuvalu 🤙 pic.twitter.com/uMpmuhIjPw
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) May 28, 2025
If the name sounds familiar, you’re right, Kalaniuvalu was once a BYU commit.
However, during the Early Signing Period last December, he signed with the Oregon Ducks, the school to which he was initially committed, instead of signing with BYU.
The four-star interior offensive lineman is back on the board for BYU.
BYU football officially announced Kalaniuvalu’s signing on Tuesday night.
Kalaniuvalu is a four-star offensive line prospect out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. Before he concluded his prep career in Las Vegas, Kalaniuvalu played at Timpview High School in nearby Provo.
BYU got into the picture for Kalaniuvalu, extending an offer to him before his sophomore season at Timpview High in 2022.
One of the top interior offensive linemen in the country
The 6-foot-4, 311-pound Kalaniuvalu is BYU’s highest-rated high school signee in the class of 2025. He’s the eighth-highest rated recruit BYU has landed since 2000, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Kalaniuvalu was rated as the 109th-ranked recruit nationally in the class of 2025. He ranked as the sixth-best interior offensive lineman in the class.
Kalaniuvalu ends up at BYU over offers from programs such as Oregon, Nebraska, USC, Utah, and Michigan. He also received offers from Alabama, Auburn, Arizona State, Colorado, Florida, Miami, Ohio State, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Washington, among others.
#BYU commit Alai Kalaniuvalu is in the house.#BYUFootball pic.twitter.com/WYpW02duX1
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) November 17, 2024
Kalaniuvalu has strong bloodlines as his father, Alai Kalaniuvalu, was a former third-round NFL draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 1994. The elder Kalaniuvalu played college football at Oregon State.
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