Fresh off a National Signing Day in which UCLA football didn’t add a single wide receiver, the Bruins are reportedly losing their coach at the position.
Wide receivers coach Eric Yarber, who joined the team with head coach Jim Mora in 2012, will leave UCLA for the same position with the Los Angeles Rams, per Bruin Report Online.
Yarber’s wide receivers, including redshirt senior Kenny Walker, senior Darren Andrews and freshman Theo Howard, struggled with consistency last season en route to a 4-8 record.
The Bruins finished 19th in the country in average passing yards per game with 295.6, completing 55.3 percent of their passes.
Yarber, who has previous NFL coaching experience with the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coached former UCLA standouts Jordan Payton, who set the school record in receptions, and Thomas Duarte, both of whom are now playing professionally.
Yarber is the fourth member of last year’s coaching staff to leave, following offensive coordinator Kennedy Polamalu’s firing, offensive line coach Adrian Klemm’s firing and quarterbacks coach Marques Tuiasosopo’s move to coach at California.
Minnesota quarterback reunites with Fisch
Adam Weber, a graduate assistant at Minnesota for the past two seasons, was hired by UCLA on Thursday as an offensive analyst. Weber played under Jedd Fisch, the Bruins’ new offensive coordinator, during the 2009 season in Minnesota.
Weber is the Gophers’ all-time passing leader, starting for the team from 2007-2010 and totaling 10,917 yards.