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  WEEK 1 BIG TEN CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mateen Bhaghani, So., K, UCLA,...Went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, including a game-winning 32-yarder with less than a minute remaining in UCLA's 16-13 win at Hawai'i...Also connected from 22 and 37 yards out...Over three kickoffs, had one touchback and averaged 63.7 yards...All three field goals came in the second half, helping UCLA overcome a 10-0 halftime deficit. - Big Ten Football

So/2027 K Mateen BhaghaniUCLA
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  Mateen Bhaghani converted a 32-yard field goal with 56 seconds to play to help UCLA open its season with a 16-13 win over Hawaii on Saturday night. The Bruins (1-0) did all their scoring in the second half to erase a 10-0 halftime deficit against the Rainbow Warriors (1-1). UCLA overcame a lackluster first 30 minutes of the game and eventually evened the score at 13 with 14:05 to play on Bhaghani's 37-yard field goal that came five plays after an interception by D.J. Justice.

The Bruins started their final drive with 3:08 to play and drove 45 yards in seven plays, capped by Bhaghani's game-winning 32-yard field goal from the left hash that split the uprights. Hawaii scored on its opening possession, when it orchestrated a nine-play, 73-yard drive that was punctuated by a 19-yard touchdown pass from Brayden Schager to a wide open Pofele Ashlock. Schager was 7-for-7 passing on the drive for 51 yards on the drive, which was extended by a 19-yard gain by punter Lucas Borrow on fourth-and-6. Kansei Matsuzawa's 28-yard field goal as time expired in the first half gave Hawaii a 10-0 lead at the intermission. The field goal was set up by Logan Taylor's interception and seven-yard return to the UCLA 5-yard line. - AP College Football


So/2027 K Mateen BhaghaniUCLA
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  12/27/23 - Laiatu LaturSr/2024, UCLA + More +

  2023 PAC-12 PAT TILLMAN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Laiatu Latu, UCLA,...Latu becomes the 5th Bruin to win this award all-time and the first since DL Brian Price in 2009. DE Dave Ball took home the honors for UCLA in 2003 along with MLB Robert Thomas in 2001 and DT Mark Walen in 1985...Back-to-back seasons as first team All-Pac-12...Leads the nation with 21.5 TFL this season and the most by a Bruin since Anthony Barr finished the 2012 season with 21.5...Tied for 4th in the country with 13.0 sacks this season and tied for the 3rd highest in UCLA history...Most by a Bruin in a season since Barr had 13.5 in 2012.

Just the 4th Pac-12 player with at least 13.0 sacks in the last 7 seasons...Finalist for the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Lott IMPACT Award and Ted Hendricks Defensive End of the Year...Won Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week once this season and Defensive Lineman of the Week twice...Leads a UCLA defense that is 11th in the country with just 299.0 yards per game allowed, 3rd in TFL per game (8.2) and 5th in sacks per game (3.42)...The Bruins defense leads the nation with just 69.6 rush yards per game allowed and their 41 team sacks is the most by a UCLA team since 2012. - Pac-12 Football


rSr/2024 DE Laiatu LatuUCLA
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  Former Oregon defensive tackle Keanu Williams is staying in the Pac-12. Williams, who entered the transfer portal earlier this month, committed to UCLA on Saturday. He'll reunite with former Ducks Moliki Matavao, Jaylin Davies and Jaylan Jeffers with the Bruins. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Williams had two tackles and a pass breakup while appearing in six games as a redshirt-freshman this season. He had three tackles in four games while redshirting in 2021. He's the 16th former UO player to commit to or sign with a new team this offseason. - The Oregonian

rJr/2026 DT Keanu WilliamsUCLA
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  Oregon is losing an interior defensive lineman to transfer. Keanu Williams, who had two tackles and a pass breakup while appearing in six games as a redshirt-freshman this season, entered the transfer portal on Monday. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Williams, who had three tackles in four games while redshirting in 2021, has three years of eligibility remaining. A four-star prospect out of Clovis, Calif., Williams was ranked No. 312 overall and the No. 40 defensive lineman in the 2021 recruiting class. He's the 14th member of that class to leave the program. - The Oregonian

rJr/2026 DT Keanu WilliamsUCLA
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  Running back Zach Charbonnet has decided to forgo his remaining eligibility at UCLA and publicly declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Monday, the final day to eligible players could declare. Charbonnet finished his senior season as a consensus All-American and first in the country for all-purpose yards, averaging 168 yards per game. He ran for 1,359 yards and 14 touchdowns on 398 attempts in 10 games this season.

He also caught 37 passes for 321 yards. The 1,680 all-purpose yards ranks eighth among all-time Bruins for a single-season. The Oaks Christian alumnus had one year of eligibility remaining, due to the extra year granted by the NCAA for players on a roster during the 2020 pandemic season. Charbonnet had 2,496 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns in 22 career games for UCLA. He did not play in the Bruins' 37-35 loss to Pitt in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 30. - The Press-Enterprise


Sr/2023 RB Zach CharbonnetUCLA
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  In the weeks since prized five-star quarterback Dante Moore said he was coming to UCLA, giving the Bruins the top quarterback prospect in school history, one question lingered: Who are his targets? On Friday California's J. Michael Sturdivant, one of the nation's most dazzling young receivers, announced on social media that he will transfer to UCLA.

Sturdivant's arrival is a significant boost to a receiving corps that is losing its top two pass catchers in Jake Bobo and Kazmeir Allen, who are headed for the NFL draft. Sturdivant becomes the 10th transfer to commit to the Bruins, joining quarterback Collin Schlee (Kent State); running backs Carson Steele (Ball State) and Anthony Adkins (Army); tight end Moliki Matavao; guard Spencer Holstege (Purdue); edge rusher Jake Heimlicher (Penn); linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo (Cal); safety Jordan Anderson (Bowling Green); and kicker Blake Glessner (Montana State). - Los Angeles Times


rJr/2026 WR J.Michael SturdivantUCLA
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  Jordan Anderson, who excelled at safety for Bowling Green State University's football team before entering the transfer portal, announced via Twitter on Friday night he will play his final collegiate season at UCLA. The 5-foot-10, 200-pound standout and 2021 second-team All-Mid-American Conference selection will be joining a UCLA squad that is coming off its best season in eight years. The Bruins went 9-4 in 2022, including a season-opening 45-17 win over BGSU, to post its best record since the 2014 team went 10-3.

Anderson totaled 180 tackles (99 solo), including 11 for loss, and recorded five interceptions, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries in his BGSU career. He appeared in 40 games, including 34 starts, over the past four seasons. He finished eighth in total tackles (47) during the 2022 season when BGSU went 6-7 overall, including a 24-19 loss to New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26. It was the Falcons' first appearance in a bowl game since 2015. - Toledo Blade


rSr/2024 SS Jordan AndersonUCLA
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  In his time in Westwood, Landherr, 21, got his bachelor's degree in three years with a major in political science and a minor in entrepreneurship. His GPA was 3.7. He also did an internship and now is working on a master's degree in transformative leadership, a program based at least partly on John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Because COVID-19 gave all players an extra year of eligibility, Landherr could have played a fifth season. Earlier this week, he announced on social media that he will forego that. He said he will make himself eligible for the NFL draft. Long snappers are a sought-after commodity in the pros. He received preseason All-American mention and has usually been listed in the top five in the country at his position. - Los Angeles Times

Sr/2023 LS Jack Landherr IVUCLA
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  12/26/22 - Kazmeir AllenrSr/2023, UCLA + More +

  Receiver Kazmeir Allen will not play in the bowl game after declaring for the NFL draft Friday. The explosive redshirt junior has not practiced with the team this month. He is UCLA's second-leading receiver with 49 catches and 403 yards, and had one year of eligibility remaining. - Los Angeles Times

rSr/2023 WR Kazmeir AllenUCLA
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  12/16/22 - Carson SteeleJr/2024, UCLA + More +

  2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: Running Back - Carson Steele, Ball State,...Steele cemented himself as one of the top running backs in the country after rushing for 1,556 yards, the third-most in single-season program history. He had nine 100-yard performances on the year, which tied for the fifth-most in all of college football and the most by a Cardinal since MiQuale Lewis in 2008. Steele's rushing total ranked as the sixth-most in the FBS through the regular season and his 14 rushing touchdowns, which tied for the third-most in a season at Ball State, was the 11th-highest mark in the country. The Greenwood, Ind. native is the eighth different Cardinal running back to earn first-team honors and is the third in the last 15 years, joining Lewis (2008) and James Gilbert (2016). - Ball State Football

Jr/2024 FB Carson SteeleUCLA
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  2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: RB Zach Charbonnet, Sr., UCLA,...Senior Charbonnet made the second team to cap his initial campaign as a Bruin in 2021. This season, he leads the nation in all-purpose yards per game (168.00). Charbonnet's 135.9 rushing yards per contest rank first in the Pac-12 and fourth overall. He has eclipsed the century mark on the ground in eight of 10 games played, including 198-yard performances against Stanford and Utah. Charbonnet has 14 touchdowns - all rushing. - UCLA Football

Sr/2023 RB Zach CharbonnetUCLA
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  2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: WR J. Michael Sturdivant, R-Fr.,...Started all 12 games and led the team with 65 receptions and seven touchdown catches, while ranking second with 755 yards receiving. Leads the nation's freshmen in receptions, receptions per game (5.4) and receiving yards, while ranking tied for second in touchdown receptions and third in receiving yards per game (62.9). - California Football

rJr/2026 WR J.Michael SturdivantUCLA
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  2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, R-Sr.,...Redshirt senior Thompson-Robinson, a second-team honoree in 2021 and 2020, has recorded single-season career highs of 250 completions, 2,883 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, a .698 completion percentage and 631 rushing yards while leading the Bruins to seven total-offense outputs of 500 or more yards and a 39.6 scoring average. - UCLA Football

rSr/2023 QB Dorian Thompson-RobinsonUCLA
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  12/16/22 - Jon Gaines IIrSr/2023, UCLA + More +

  2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: OL Jon Gaines II, Sr.,...Senior Gaines has been a staple on the offensive line, which is a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award as one of the nation's most outstanding units. - UCLA Football

rSr/2023 OG Jon Gaines IIUCLA
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