Colton Gumino, Illinois 3-star QB, commits to UCLA
One of the top quarterbacks in Illinois is headed to California.
Hersey High School (Arlington Heights, Ill.) 2025 quarterback Colton Gumino committed to the UCLA Bruins on Friday.
Committed@DeShaunFoster26 @iamtedwhite@Butler_Benton @coachstace_@ccarterlb#GoBruins#DRE#DoMore#WelcomeToTheFosEra pic.twitter.com/El2UMtEjOG
— Colton Gumino (@cjguminoQB) June 28, 2024
Gumino, a 6-foot-2, 190-pounder, is rated as the 40th-best prospect in Illinois in the Class of 2025 as well as the 84th-best quarterback prospect nationally. He is ranked as the 97th-best quarterback prospect in the 247Sports Composite rankings and No. 106 in 247Sports' rankings.
As a junior, Gumino completed 66 percent of his passes for 2,172 yards and 27 touchdowns (with four interceptions) and also ran for 51 yards and five scores as Hersey went 10-1.
Gumino's recruitment jumped up a notch when UCLA offered him a scholarship on May 14. Prior to that, he had received offers from Murray State, Bowling Green, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Fordham, Akron, Western Michigan, Arkansas State and Marshall.
After his offer from UCLA, Gumino received offers from James Madison and then Florida.
Gumino took his official visit to UCLA last weekend and he announced his commitment less than a week later.
Gumino becomes the 13th known verbal commitment in UCLA's 2025 recruiting class and is the second quarterback committed to the Bruins. Madden Iamaleava, a 4-star QB from California rated by 247Sports as the 11th-best quarterback prospect nationally, commited to UCLA on May 25.
Watch Gumino's junior season highlights here: Colton Gumino 2023 highlights
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NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS
Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.