When Drew Casani sees talent, he knows it.

The longtime football scout, who served under former UCLA football coach Terry Donahue while with the San Francisco 49ers, where Donahue was general manager from 2001-05, has been tasked with evaluating playmakers and potential professional football players throughout his 30-plus-year career.

Casani even led UCLA’s scouting department for a short period under Jim Mora in 2017, diving into the prep scouting world to find the next blue-chip prospect that could take the Bruins to new heights at the Rose Bowl.

But in 2025, Casani, the head coach at Loyola High since 2019, coached and identified a legitimate college recruit who could be that prospect that helps bring UCLA’s defense a much-needed spark in a season where not much has gone according to

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