Category Archives: Football

Football coach Chip Kelly finalizes assistant coaching staff

Chip has his squad. UCLA football coach Chip Kelly hired the three final members of his assistant coaching corps, who will join three previously announced new hires and four returning coaches – according to a release from UCLA Athletics. Here is Kelly’s complete list of assistants, starting with the three hires announced Tuesday. Dana Bible […]

Wang’s Word: Unfounded rumors that teammates dislike Josh Rosen should not affect draft

Josh Rosen is finally gone. The nation’s top-ranked pro-style high school quarterback in 2015 via 247Sports endured a tumultuous three-year tenure as a Bruin. But despite playing under a different offensive coordinator each season and learning a new playbook every offseason, Rosen cemented his place in the top-three of nearly every UCLA passing record in […]

Multiple UCLA football players to show strong presence in NFL draft

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Josh Rosen should be the first Bruin drafted in this year’s NFL draft. But he won’t be the only one. The former junior quarterback will be joined by offensive lineman Kolton Miller and wide receiver Jordan Lasley, who also chose to forgo their final years of NCAA eligibility to go pro. Miller […]

Josh Rosen declares for NFL draft, gives up last year of eligibility

Josh Rosen announced Wednesday he will forego his final year of eligibility at UCLA to enter the 2018 NFL Draft. The junior quarterback announced his decision by posting a letter on his Instagram and Twitter accounts, thanking UCLA and his teammates. “Over the last three years, UCLA has helped me grow as an athlete, a […]

Porous run defense, silent second half cost Bruins bowl game

This post was updated Dec. 26 at 10:42 p.m. PHOENIX — When it came time for the Bruins’ final game of the season, their offense looked a little different without star quarterback Josh Rosen. But UCLA football’s defense looked exactly the same. A Bruin team that finished last in the Pac-12 in rushing defense struggled […]

Bruins open up 17-7 halftime lead in Cactus Bowl with Rosen sidelined

No Josh Rosen, no problem. With the junior quarterback sidelined in the aftermath of a concussion suffered in November, UCLA football opened up a 17-7 halftime lead over Kansas State at Tuesday’s Cactus Bowl in Phoenix thanks to an impressive showing from backup quarterback Devon Modster. Modster, a redshirt freshman, finished the period 10-of-15 for […]