Long Beach City College (Calif.) defensive lineman Shane Irwin has had a very nice season and is among the top available defensive prospects out West.

Irwin is a player we covered out of Palos Verdes (Calif.) from the class of 2017 and liked him. He signed with San Diego State before bouncing over to Long Beach City.

“SDSU just wasn’t the right fit for me,” Irwin said. “All three defensive lineman who signed that year ended up leaving and the DL coach was fired a few weeks after I left. I had known coach (Brett) Peabody (LCCC head coach) since I was a freshman in high school so it was a no brainer move for me.

"Coach Peabody is my man and I'm so grateful for everything he has done for me this past year. I love the way he runs his program here and I had a lot of fun playing for him."

Irwin shows up really well on film and has all the tools you could want in an outside pass rusher. At 6-4, 250 pounds, he can play with his hand down or in space, has a nice burst off the edge, can beat a double team and has a relentless motor. He was recently named all-conference and will likely make the all-state team when it's announced later in the year.

Coach Peabody really gushed about Irwin when talking about his standout rush end.

“He’s an amazing leader and one of the most consistent players we have ever had in our program,” Peabody said. “He can play the run or the pass, his work ethic off the field is incredible and his character is off the charts.

“He’s a team leader vocally and by example and his teammates love him. He’s a very mature kid, always comes to play and I can’t say enough about him. There’s no doubt he can play at the high P5 level and I’m not sure why his recruitment isn’t higher then it is right now. It could be because he has just two years to play two but he’s a steal for someone and I could see things picking up in the next couple of weeks here.”

Irwin was just offered by Boise State earlier in the week and he wasted no time locking in an official visit date.

"Boise State was a huge offer for me," Irwin said. "I'll be taking my official visit there (Dec. 13) and I'm still figuring out the other dates. I'll be signing December 18th so everything is moving pretty quickly.

"We play on Saturday's so we can't really visit during the season. I was going to visit UNLV but that's kind of iffy now after they fired coach Sanchez. I've heard from Nebraska, Maryland and Illinois and I visited UCLA earlier in the year for a Friday practice and they're showing some interest right now as well.