In need of offensive linemen on a team with only eight scholarship linemen remaining on the team, Chip Kelly and his staff have been searching under every rock trying to unearth potential gems that might have gone unnoticed in the 2018 recruiting cycle.
For an FBS-level recruit to go so far under that radar that he didn’t even have a profile on 24/7 Sports before today despite having multiple FBS offers, that recruit has to keep things incredibly close to the vest. And indeed that was the case with Jon Gaines, the 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman from Milwaukee who will be signing with UCLA on Wednesday after one of the most mysterious recruitments in living memory.