From breaking in a new coaching staff to finding a starting quarterback, plenty has changed between last year’s first spring practice and this year’s. Read more...
Photo: Dietrich Riley talked about returning to spring practice on Tuesday, as he was unable to take part for all of last season.
UCLA football underwent its first spring practice on Tuesday morning under second-year coach Jim Mora. Mora was pleased overall with the team’s performance in the morning practice as the Bruins undergo their second spring under the current coaching staff. Read more...
When UCLA football opens up spring practice today, it will be without a key defensive player from last season. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt junior safety Tevin McDonald, pictured here at last year’s spring practice, was released from the UCLA football team.
Rising redshirt junior safety Tevin McDonald has been released from the UCLA football team following a violation of team rules. McDonald was a starter at safety in both his freshman and sophomore seasons with the Bruins, but was suspended from play for the Holiday Bowl versus Baylor in December after a third failed drug test. Read more...
Maurice Jones-Drew casually strolled into a small office inside the J.D. Morgan Center wearing a simple tracksuit, beanie and backpack and sat down for an interview. Read more...
Photo: Maurice Jones-Drew, pictured here at an event on the UCLA campus in 2011, returned to school for winter quarter this year. The Jacksonville Jaguars running back left school following his junior year to play in the NFL, but Jones-Drew made a promise to his grandmother before he left UCLA that he would return to obtain his degree in history.
Standing in UCLA’s end zone with rain pelting down and 83,277 onlookers at the Rose Bowl, Roosevelt Davis was about to return his first-ever kickoff, against the crosstown Trojans no less. Read more...
Photo: Roosevelt Davis saw field action in the form of his first-ever collegiate kick return in the second quarter of UCLA’s 38-28 victory over USC in November. The 21-yard gain is the only return of his UCLA career.
Daily Bruin senior staffers Jacob Ruffman and Sam Strong sit down with editor-in-chief James Barragan in a Google+ Hangout to talk about National Signing Day and the new faces of the UCLA football team. Read more...
