SAN BERNARDINO – From last-second field goals to two-minute drills, the UCLA football team practiced just about every odds and ends play in its walkthrough on Tuesday. One thing this team couldn’t have prepared for, however, is a sudden increase in head injuries that has forced seven UCLA players to sit out while waiting to be evaluated. Read more...
Photo: Freshman wide receiver Eldridge Massington, recovering from a torn ACL, is using fall camp to adjust to the college game.
SAN BERNARDINO – UCLA’s second football practice on Monday was cut short when a fight broke out between several players on the offense and defense, including senior defensive end Cassius Marsh, redshirt senior wide receiver Shaquelle Evans, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Devin Lucien and redshirt junior cornerback Anthony Jefferson. Read more...
At Pac-12 media day in late July, coach Jim Mora didn’t beat around the bush on the subject of his secondary. Read more...
Though Monday night marks the halfway point in UCLA’s stay in San Bernardino, there is still plenty of exertion to be had in the second week of the Bruins’ fall camp. Read more...
Photo: Senior running back Malcolm Jones is one of five Bruins competing for the starting spot.
SAN BERNARDINO — Seven offside calls in 60 plays makes for a very unhappy football coach. Such was the case with UCLA football coach Jim Mora both during and after Saturday’s morning practice, in which he saw his defense’s discipline falter in a stretch of plays that Mora described as “not acceptable.” “We’ve got to eliminate all those things from our program,” Mora said. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore offensive tackle Simon Goines (70) and the offensive line are maturing during fall camp despite being a young unit.
SAN BERNARDINO—As school let out in Westwood this year and UCLA’s campus began to grow quiet, the chatter surrounding the Bruins’ corps of linebackers on the Internet was just building. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outside linebacker Kenny Orjioke (46) looks to earn a starting spot opposite senior linebacker Anthony Barr during fall camp.
Defensive lineman Ellis McCarthy is, numerically speaking, a fraction of the man he used to be. After two knee surgeries and a freshman campaign in which he failed to earn consistent reps, the defensive tackle spent extra time with UCLA strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi during the offseason, and the results can have shown in his appearance and athleticism on the field. Read more...
