HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Ask Justin Tauanuu's friends and family where they want him to play his college football and they will tell you USC. The four-star offensive line recruit is happy to have an offer from the Trojans, but he's not quite as anxious to make the call just yet. USC offered the 6-foot-6 offensive tackle from Huntington Beach High School two weeks ago continuing a relationship that has already started to blossom.

Adding the offer was a big moment in the recruitment of Tauanuu, who has grown up in a family of USC fans.

"They want me to go there," he said. "... One of my dad's friends, he's a die-hard SC fan and he really wants me to go to SC."

The four-star prospect is content, however, to wait out the process as he continues to add more offers to his list. Texas came in with an offer within recent days and Alabama had offensive line coach Eric Wolford evaluating Tauanuu during Tuesday's practice.

In the meantime, he's going to continue to get to know the Trojans, but he already has a good feel for what stands out about the program.

"They also have a good education, and they have a really good football team," he said in an interview with Kelly Horyczun of TrojanSports.com after Huntington Beach High's spring college showcase Tuesday. "They're just so close like UCLA, so they're definitely high in my picks."

Tauanuu has already been on campus to see the Trojans giving him an opportunity to begin building a better relationship with the coaching staff. Josh Henson will continue to be a big part of the process, and the four-star lineman has a positive impression of the USC offensive line coach.

"So far, I like him," Tauanuu said. "Coach Henson is pretty cool to talk with. He's been really communicative with me over this whole recruiting process."

Tauanuu says Henson's success developing offensive lineman and helping them reach the NFL has stood out about their conversations so far.

The offensive line target was able to get out to a spring practice at USC, and that also left a strong impression on him.

"The vibe was really, really cool over there," he said. "They work hard, but they also have times where they have a little bit of fun."

In addition to holding special meaning for his familly, Tauanuu's offer from the Trojans was memorable for him partly because of who delivered the news — head coach Lincoln Riley.

"Oh it was awesome, he was the one who gave me the offer," Tauanuu said. "I was really happy and excited that he offered me and that he himself offered me."

The next step for Tauanuu and the Trojans is setting up an official visit. He says the staff has continued to keep in contact with him daily hoping to get his visit date scheduled. Right now the plan is to make that trip some time in June on either the weekend of June 16 or June 23.

He has already used an official visit on a trip to UCLA earlier this month.

Washington, Utah, Stanford, Tennessee, Nebraska and Colorado are some of the other notable programs that have already joined the race with offers for the four-star offensive tackle prospect.

Watch clips of Tauanuu in action during his team's spring college showcase on Tuesday in the video below.