This post was updated April 29 at 10:34 p.m. Rain soaked the Spaulding Field turf Saturday morning. Players in drenched jerseys stumbled and slipped across the field. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore defensive back Andre Jordan Jr. prepares for a one-on-one drill with fellow defensive back redshirt senior Evan Thomas. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
Ikaika Malloe obviously did not hear his name called in the 2025 NFL Draft. But he sure had his imprint all over the event. After his first season manufacturing UCLA football’s defense, the Bruins’ defensive coordinator watched four of his defensemen earn homes in the NFL. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA football linebacker Kain Medrano (left), defensive lineman Jay Toia (middle) and tight end Moliki Matavao (right) are pictured. The three entered the professional ranks Saturday, hearing their name called in the sixth and seventh rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Oluwafemi Oladejo, the hard-hitting linebacker out of UCLA football, was selected by the Tennessee Titans with the 52nd overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday night. The 6-foot-3 Bruins’ call-up follows in quick succession after linebacker colleague Carson Schwesinger was snapped up by the Cleveland Browns with the 33rd overall pick and first pick of the second round earlier Friday evening, marking a banner night for the Bruins’ defensive core. [Related: Cleveland Browns select UCLA football’s Carson Schwesinger with 33rd overall pick] Together, Oladejo and Schwesinger patrolled one of the most punishing linebacker units in college football last season, holding opponents to just 96.2 rushing yards per game for the sixth-stingiest mark in the nation. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA football linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo engages the crowd as he runs out on the Bruins’ Senior Day on Nov. 30. Oladejo was the second Bruin selected in the 2025 NFL Draft, being picked by the Tennessee Titans with the 52nd overall pick. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated April 28 at 1:24 p.m. Former UCLA football linebacker Carson Schwesinger was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 33rd overall pick in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Friday evening. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA football linebacker Carson Schwesinger prepares to block LSU offensive lineman Miles Frazier. Schwesinger was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 33rd overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated April 24 at 10:49 p.m. Nico Iamaleava had his worst performance on the biggest stage last season. In his first College Football Playoff appearance, Iamaleava completed just 14-of-31 passes for 104 yards, costing his team a trip to the Rose Bowl as eventual national champion Ohio State trampled Iamaleava and Tennessee 42-17. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava prepares to hurl a ball down the field. (Courtesy of Tennessee Athletics)
While spring practice is in full swing and UCLA football’s future seems to be taking center stage on social media, a group of former Bruins are preparing to begin their journeys at the next level. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football linebacker Carson Schwesinger gears up for a play. Once a walk-on, Schwesinger is projected to be the first former Bruin to hear his name called in the 2025 NFL Draft. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Shrey Chaganlal/Assistant Design director)
This post was updated April 22 at 11:11 p.m. Joey Aguilar is headed to Tennessee. Madden Iamaleava is circling back to Westwood. And in the span of a day, the trajectory of UCLA football’s quarterback room has been completely rewritten. ESPN’s Chris Low announced Monday afternoon that Aguilar, the redshirt senior who transferred to UCLA from Appalachian State in late December, plans to transfer to Tennessee – less than four months after taking first-team reps as the Bruins’ starting quarterback. Just about an hour later, Low reported that Madden Iamaleava – newly-arrived five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s younger brother – informed his now-former Arkansas coaches that he was headed to UCLA to reunite with his brother in Westwood. The back-to-back moves cap a 26-hour sequence for UCLA and Tennessee, which have effectively swapped quarterbacks. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior quarterback Joey Aguilar looks downfield to throw the ball. After just under four months at UCLA, Aguilar entered the portal Monday and is expected to commit to Tennessee – swapping places with Nico Iamaleava, who transferred to the Bruins from the Volunteers on Sunday. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
