In the final four weeks leading up to the kickoff of UCLA football’s 2019 season, Sports editor Sam Connon and staff writer Jack Perez will be taking a look at the Bruins’ outlook at each position. From award favorites to comeback stories, Daily Bruin Sports will analyze each position’s depth chart and make predictions for […]
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With new players and healed injuries, football preps for first game of season
Football is back in Westwood. UCLA football started its fall practices Wednesday with only 28 days until kickoff against Cincinnati. The Bruins will have 48 new faces on the practice field for the upcoming season, more than a third of the entire roster. Two wide receivers – senior Theo Howard and redshirt junior Dymond Lee […]
2019 UCLA Football Season Preview: Thompson-Robinson favorite for quarterback, Kelly’s pass offense to be revitalized
In the final four weeks leading up to the kickoff of UCLA football’s 2019 season, Sports editor Sam Connon and staff writer Jack Perez will be taking a look at the Bruins’ outlook at each position. From award favorites to comeback stories, Daily Bruin Sports will analyze each position’s depth chart and make predictions for […]
4 UCLA football players in contention for 5 NCAA awards
Sixteen preseason watchlists for NCAA football were announced in July, and Bruins are on five of them. Four UCLA football players were slated as players in contention for 2019-2020 awards. Rising redshirt senior running back Joshua Kelley was the only Bruin named to two watchlists – the Maxwell Award for college football player of the […]
UCLA football is hopeful ahead of coach Chip Kelly’s sophomore year
There aren’t going to be any more firsts for Chip Kelly and the Bruins. “Year two is going to be so much different than year one just because of ‘been there, done that,’” Kelly said. “There won’t be our first road trip, there won’t be our first plane ride, there won’t be our first bus […]
Former UCLA running back arrested for attempted murder, attempted armed robbery
This post was updated July 24 at 3:14 p.m. A former UCLA football player was arrested Thursday in connection to an alleged attempt to rob a Riverside County medical marijuana dispensary in 2016, several outlets report. Craig Lee, a running back for the Bruins from 2013 to 2015, was charged with one count of attempted […]
In light of Jim Mora lawsuit, criticism emerges against football coach Chip Kelly
A few former Bruins have been taking some parting shots at coach Chip Kelly. After three UCLA football alumni sued former coach Jim Mora in May for his role in their career-ending injuries, a handful of other Bruins have taken to social media to turn the conversation to Kelly. Former high school football coach and […]