Thursday, February 19

Three UCLA football players selected in 2015 NFL draft

Three UCLA football players found homes in the National Football League this weekend during the 2015 NFL draft, which lasted seven rounds from Thursday to Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Inside linebacker Eric Kendricks was the first Bruin selected in the 2015 NFL draft. Kendricks was picked by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round with the 45th overall pick. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)



No UCLA players selected in first round of 2015 NFL draft

2015 NFL Draft – First Round Pac-12 Players Selected Pick NFL team Player name Position School 2 Tennessee Titans Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 6 New York Jets Leonard Williams DT USC 12 Cleveland Browns Danny Shelton DT Washington 13 New Orleans Saints Andrus Peat OT Stanford 17 San Francisco 49ers Arik Armstead DE Oregon 18 Kansas City Chiefs Marcus Peters CB Washington 20 Philadelphia Eagles Nelson Agholor WR USC 25 Carolina Panthers Shaq Thompson OLB Washington 30 Green Bay Packers Damarious Randall FS Arizona State For the first time in three years, no Bruins were selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Read more...

Photo: Quarterback Marcus Mariota jogs onto the field at the Rose Bowl before Oregon’s game vs. UCLA on Oct. 11. The former Duck was chosen second overall by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft on Thursday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)



Spring Showcase presents tough starting QB decision for UCLA football

A trio of teammates delayed freshman quarterback Josh Rosen’s first opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl. The first two were fellow quarterbacks who were given the chance to lead off UCLA football’s Spring Showcase. Read more...

Photo: Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen took his first snaps in the Rose Bowl Saturday during UCLA’s Spring Showcase. The highly-touted recruit finished the day 13 for 17 during 11-on-11 scrimmage play. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)


UCLA football’s decision to eschew spring game signals potential trend

Spring football games are about as undefined as any event on a college team’s calendar. The scoring format can be flexible, as evidenced by Arizona’s choice to allocate points to not only touchdowns and field goals, but also to big plays and defensive stops. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football’s Spring Showcase did not feature an official intrasquad game, instead serving as a practice with tempered tackling. On this play, redshirt junior cornerback Marcus Rios (left) and junior linebacker Myles Jack (right) abstain from making contact with redshirt junior quarterback Jerry Neuheisel (middle). (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin)


Adjusting to college lifestyle proves challenge for early enrollees

Of all the days on which UCLA football’s three early enrollee freshmen could do their first spring practice interviews, Thursday may not have been the best one. Read more...

Photo: Early enrollee freshman quarterback Josh Rosen (center) participated in his first-ever media interview at UCLA on Thursday. Rosen didn’t say he was the frontrunner for the starting quarterback position, but played like it, completing 11 of 17 passes during the 11-on-11 scrimmage. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)



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