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Fall training camp gives players chance to showcase skills

For Brett Hundley, UCLA football has been an exercise in premature titles.

Freshman defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes cleared to play for UCLA

After a National Letter of Intent Steering Committee hearing on Monday, multiple media outlets have reported that ESPN five-star defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes has been cleared immediately to play for UCLA. The highly touted recruit from Placer High School in Auburn, Calif. initially committed to Notre Dame and signed his national letter of intent in […]

UCLA football team to have public practices at CSUSB

For the second year in a row, UCLA football will host its fall camp at Cal State San Bernardino. This year’s camp, which will be held on the athletic fields on the Eastern side of the CSSB campus, will run from August 7 to August 17, after which the Bruins will return to Westwood with their first regular season game just two weeks away.

Eligibility of incoming freshmen Eddie Vanderdoes, Craig Lee updated

Defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes, who reneged on his commitment to Notre Dame and instead announced his intention to enroll at UCLA in June, will have an appeal hearing with the National Letter of Intent Committee on Monday, July 29, coach Jim Mora announced Friday.

UCLA chosen as favorite to win Pac-12 South title at football media day

On Nov. 17 of last year, UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr rushed past USC’s offensive line untouched. The blown assignment allowed the then-junior a free shot at USC quarterback Matt Barkley, a play that effectively ended the Trojans’ bid for a Pac-12 South title and acted as the symbolic transition of power in Los Angeles collegiate football.

Safety Dietrich Riley forced to medically retire

UCLA football’s Dietrich Riley, who would have been a redshirt junior safety during the upcoming 2013-2014 season, was forced to medically retire Tuesday because of continued neck and shoulder injuries. Riley reportedly was unable to be granted final medical clearance for the team’s upcoming fall camp at Cal State San Bernardino. The former defensive starter last appeared in a game in October of 2011.

UCLA football names six players to national award watch lists

Rising redshirt senior wide receiver Shaquelle Evans will play in his final spring game at the Rose Bowl on Saturday evening. Last season, Evans led all UCLA receivers with 877 yards through the air.

This past spring, redshirt senior wide receiver Shaquelle Evans made it clear he was after a spot in UCLA football’s history books as its single-season receiving yards record holder. Three months later, it appears his expectations are being taken seriously, as the Inglewood native was named to the 2013 preseason Biletnikoff Award watch list Tuesday along with 74 of college football’s most highly touted wide receivers.