Career Highlights
• 2025 All-Sun Belt Third Team
Career Summary
Transferred to UCLA for the 2026 season after having been on the rosters at James Madison (2025) and Notre Dame (2022-23) … earned all-league honors in 2025 after helping JMU to a College Football Playoff berth … arrived in Westwood with 14 games of NCAA experience … sat out the 2024 campaign after medically retiring at Notre Dame.
2025 (James Madison)
Entered all 14 games for JMU, starting one … earned Third Team All-Sun Belt honors … posted 38 tackles (18 solo) with 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … had a season-high eight tackles, along with 1.5 TFLs, against Marshall on Nov. 8 … had a pair of sacks at Liberty on Sept. 20 … had a 1.0+ TFL in six games.
2023 (Notre Dame)
Missed the entirety of the season due to injury.
2022 (Notre Dame)
Did not appear for the Fighting Irish as a true freshman … utilized a redshirt year.
High School
Four-star recruit per 247Sports, Rivals, and ESPN … rated as high as No. 180 nationally and No. 7 in the state of Virginia by 247 … played in the All-American Bowl … was a first team all-region and all-state selection as a senior … semifinalist for the 2021 Maxwell Football Club National High School Defensive Player of Year award.
Personal
Full name: Aiden Robert Gobaira … son of Digna Gobaira … earned his B.A. from Notre Dame in sociology … enrolled in the Transformative Coaching and Leadership master's program at UCLA … hobbies and interests include lacrosse, spikeball, and going to the beach … admires Jalen Brunson for bringing New York a championship … decided to attend UCLA because of “my belief in this coaching staff.”