The Dallas Cowboys hadn’t picked a Bruin in over 30 years. That streak is over. Dallas selected former UCLA football defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa with the No. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA football defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 75 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday night. Odighizuwa averaged over three sacks per 12 games in his time in Westwood. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
While the receiving corps on the field will largely stay the same, it will have a new leader on the sidelines. During the offseason, UCLA football promoted Jerry Neuheisel – son of former Bruin head coach Rick Neuheisel – to be the team’s new wide receivers coach, succeeding Jimmie Dougherty, who was on the Bruin staff for the past four years and left to be an assistant coach at Arizona in January. Read more...
Photo: After seven years with the program – including four as a player under former coach Jim Mora – former UCLA football quarterback Jerry Neuheisel was named the team’s wide receivers coach in the offseason. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Last year’s NFL Draft marked a busy weekend for the Bruins. Three former UCLA football players heard their names called in the virtual ceremony – tight end Devin Asiasi, cornerback Darnay Holmes and running back Joshua Kelley. Read more...
Photo: (Photo by Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff. Photo illustration by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
When assistant head coach Brian Norwood arrived in Westwood last year, the Bruins’ defense was in for a makeover. The former Navy defensive coordinator added a striker position and new 4-2-5 look to the playbook, and – under his and defensive coordinator Jerry Azzinaro’s guidance – UCLA football’s defense became far more aggressive and active in the backfield than it was in 2019. Read more...
Photo: Rising senior linebacker Caleb Johnson and his 5.5 sacks a year ago were part of a much-improved UCLA football defense that led the Pac-12 with 3.29 sacks per game. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Fifteen points. With 48-42, 38-35, 43-38 and 48-47 losses, the Bruins were just 15 points away from being undefeated despite finishing last year’s campaign with a losing record. Read more...
Photo: Graduate transfer running back Brittain Brown started his sixth year of collegiate eligibility Friday as UCLA football returned to the practice field. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Chip Kelly’s first three seasons in Westwood have been full of excuses. Those excuses have been justifiable, but they are still excuses nonetheless. The team wasn’t built of Kelly’s hand-picked recruits, the Pac-12 had evolved in his six-year absence since he coached up in Eugene, disgruntled players transferred out of the program in droves, injuries to key players disrupted position groups and a pandemic cost him a layup nonconference slate, among other things. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football coach Chip Kelly is 10-21 in his time in Westwood and has yet to achieve a winning season with the Bruins. Kelly is also 0-6 in nonconference play with UCLA but returns the second most production out of any team in the country heading into the 2021 season. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
