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09/03/22 - Dorian Thompson-Robinson, rSr/2023, UCLA + More +

Dorian Thompson-Robinson accounted for 385 yards of total offense and four scores, Zach Charbonnet ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and UCLA rallied for a 45-17 victory over Bowling Green Saturday in the season opener for both teams. The Bruins trailed 17-7 early in the second quarter before scoring 38 straight points to win their opener for the second straight year. Thompson-Robinson completed 32 of 43 passes for 298 yards and two touchdowns along with rushing for 87 yards and two scores. The fifth-year senior supplied an early highlight with a career-long 68-yard TD run during the first quarter to tie the game at seven.

Bowling Green brought a nickel blitz on third-and-3, but the fifth-year senior escaped pressure from Davon Ferguson in the backfield, scrambled right, went down the sideline and then cut across the field, including escaping another diving tackle attempt from a Falcons defender at the BG 34, before going into the end zone. Charbonnet posted his eighth 100-yard rushing game since transferring from Michigan last year. The Bruins rushed for 264 yards, improving to 16-4 when that has happened since Chip Kelly became coach in 2018. UCLA scored 17 straight points in the second quarter to take a 24-17 lead at halftime. Keegan Jones supplied the go-ahead score when he caught a screen pass from Thompson-Robinson and went 52 yards up the left sideline. - UCLA/AP College Football

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QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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09/01/22 - Zach Charbonnet, Sr/2023, UCLA + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 67. Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA, Senior. Notable 2021 stats: 1,137 yards, 13 TDs. Last year's ranking: NR.The former Michigan running back has carved out a nice role at UCLA, where he finished last season as the second-leading rusher in the Pac-12 (in conference play) and finished the season with 1,137 yards rushing. He was a second-team all-Pac-12 selection and could be among the national rushing leaders this season. - ESPN.com

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RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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09/01/22 - Chase Griffin, rSr/2025, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Chase Griffin, UCLA, Jr., QB,...Griffin, who earned his undergraduate degree at UCLA in public affairs and is currently enrolled in graduate school, has been named to the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll from 2019-2021. He was the NIL Male Athlete of the Year at the recently held 2022 NIL Summit. His numerous community service endeavors include experiences with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, the Boost Mobile Holiday event, LA After School All-Stars, Be the Match Marrow Donor Registry and the LA Unified Schools. - UCLA Football

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QB Chase Griffin, UCLA
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08/29/22 - Dorian Thompson-Robinson, rSr/2023, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sr., UCLA,...Last season, Thompson-Robinson led the Pac-12 in pass efficiency rating (153.9), total offense (274.4 yards/g), points responsible for (182), passing yards per completion (13.69) and passing yards per pass attempt (8.51). He also rated No. 10 in the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (55.36). Thompson-Robinson has moved into the Top Five at UCLA in career passing yards, career completions and career TD passes heading into the 2022 campaign. - UCLA Football

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QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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08/22/22 - Jacob Sykes, rSr/2023, UCLA + More +

Harvard transfer Jacob Sykes found a new home in UCLA through the transfer portal this offseason. Sykes has set high expectations for himself and believes his mindset falls in line with what is being asked of the defense this season. "I attack every day thinking I am the best player in the world," Sykes said. "I just have to prove it every day. I want to establish myself as a dominant player and even if I don't play well one day I'm going to attack the next day with the same mindset." Sykes is a redshirt senior with aspirations of playing in the NFL after his time at UCLA. He had opportunities to play for Northwestern and Rutgers and several Ivy League programs coming out of high school but decided Harvard was best for him. "I settled on Harvard because the name Harvard (on a degree) will open doors," Sykes said. "God forbid I get hurt or anything like that, but I have a great degree to help support my family and those types of things."

He also believes Harvard offered a great balance of athletics and academics for him, with the Ivy League offering a "great caliber of football" that can prepare players for success in the NFL. Sykes decided to explore his options to play for another program in a bigger conference after 2021, because of the extra year of eligibility that was offered to all student-athletes after the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. "It's going good," Sykes said of the level of competition at UCLA. "It's a little bit different here. It's a lot more up-tempo and fast-paced and the guys are a little bit bigger and stronger but it's going well." - Orange County Register

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DT Jacob Sykes, UCLA
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08/21/22 - Chase Griffin, rSr/2025, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Chase Griffin, UCLA,...Griffin, who earned his undergraduate degree at UCLA in public affairs and is currently enrolled in graduate school, has been named to the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll from 2019-2021. He was named the NIL Male Athlete of the Year at the recently held 2022 NIL Summit. Griffin was selected to the 2020-21 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll. He was the winner of the Chancellor's Leadership Award in 2020-21. In 2020, he was named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and the winner of the Academic & Student Services Success Award.

Griffin was also presented the 2020-21 Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award. His numerous community service endeavors include experiences with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, the Boost Mobile Holiday event, LA After School All-Stars, Be the Match Marrow Donor Registry and the LA Unified Schools. On the field, Griffin has completed 40 of his 62 career passing attempts (.645) for 451 yards and six touchdowns. His experience includes starting assignments in 2020 games at Oregon and against Arizona. - UCLA Football

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QB Chase Griffin, UCLA
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08/21/22 - Will Powers, rSr/2024, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Will Powers, Princeton,... At Princeton last year, Powers was first Team All-Ivy … Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy ... Had 36 punts for 1,578 yards (43.8) … Recorded a long of 75 at Brown … Posted 12 punts of 50+ yards and nine inside the 20 ... 2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic ... 2019: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors … had 29 punts for 1,166 yards … season long of 57 yards against Lafayette. But his story is much busier than that. - Princeton Football

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P Will Powers, UCLA
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08/18/22 - Mike Martinez, Sr/2023, UCLA + More +

UCLA football coach Chip Kelly confirmed that tight end Mike Martinez is no longer with the program. Martinez played in all three nonconference games last season before an injury kept him out for the rest of the season. The former Mater Dei High standout played in all 19 games during his first two seasons with the program. Martinez participated in spring practice but Kelly did not provide details about the tight end's departure. He was considered the Bruins' best blocking tight end. "(We) have to compensate," Kelly said. "We feel good about our tight end room. They're working extremely hard and I think it's a really good group and we're going to move on." The coach believes tight end is still one of his "deepest" positions on the roster. Michael Ezeike is expected to start at the position and was named to the John Mackey Award watch list for the honor given to the best tight end at the end of the season. The redshirt senior played on special teams and as a reserve receiver during his first three years with the program before switching to tight end in 2021. - Los Angeles Times

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TE Mike Martinez, UCLA
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08/16/22 - Dorian Thompson-Robinson, rSr/2023, UCLA + More +

After unfollowing team beat writers on Twitter three games - and three losses - into his college career and questioning fickle admirers with his "Don't be a fan later" and "Friends over fans" brands, Thompson-Robinson has shifted his focus to more important endeavors. "At this point, our concern is with NFL scouts and GMs and owners and head coaches," said Dorian's mother, Melva Thompson-Robinson. "So it's not a matter of trying to be mean or anything, but we have to be focused on a bigger prize. He and I have been talking since the early spring about, 'Dorian, you want to be a pro? It's time to step it up and walk like a pro, act like a pro, talk like a pro, throw like a pro, work like a pro.' You know, all these things. CLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, right, avoids a tackle by Arizona State defensive lineman Omarr Norman-Lott.

As part of that change, Thompson-Robinson has undergone his own transformation. He welcomes criticism, embracing the ways it can help him improve, no matter how hard it might be to hear. All those losses he's endured? He's studied the details like an autopsy, trying to understand what it will take to turn a disappointing season into one that leaves a legacy. He knows he can't run backward under pressure or let the ball slip out of his hand or throw into tight coverage, all maddening tendencies of earlier seasons. There always will be critics. Brandon Walker has something to say? Thompson-Robinson is listening, ready to absorb every word in the hope it can avert more disappointment. "There's always the one or two games - whether it's the Arizona States, the 'SCs, the Utahs, the Oregons - that we let slip away that if we win those games, we're in that big game, we're in the Rose Bowl, we're in the Pac-12 championship," Thompson-Robinson said. "So for me he's right and that's going to remind me every day that on those three big games that we've got this year that I've got circled - Arizona State, 'SC and Utah - that we've got to finish, we've got to win those games so that we can play in the games that we want to." - Los Angeles Times

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QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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08/15/22 - Jake Bobo, rSr/2023, UCLA + More +

The Duke transfer has the potential to be the No. 1 receiver for quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and the offense this season. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound receiver was a team captain for the Blue Devils and was a third-team All-ACC selection last year. He had 74 catches for 794 yards (ninth in the ACC). Bobo averaged 66.17 yards per game last year, and similar production this season would help fill the void of the Bruins' top two targets from 2021: Kyle Philips and Greg Dulcich, each of whom averaged more than 60 yards per game. - Orange County Register

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TE Jake Bobo, UCLA
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08/15/22 - Zach Charbonnet, Sr/2023, UCLA + More +

Zach Charbonnet has worked to become UCLA's featured running back quickly and with a signature quiet demeanor. This fall camp, the Bruins are searching for his counterpart. "You can't put it all on Zach," running backs coach Deshaun Foster said Friday morning. "It's a two-back system, you've just got to be able to stay healthy and you don't know what's gonna happen, so I want to get everybody as much as I can." Four possibilities for the second running back spot include Keegan Jones, TJ Harden, Deshun Murrell and Kazmeir Allen, according to Foster. Harden is a freshman and Murrell is a redshirt freshman while Jones and Allen have comparable game experience. Last season, Jones averaged 7.33 yards per game in nine contests and Allen averaged 7.75 yards per game in 12 games.

Head coach Chip Kelly said he has "a lot of confidence" in Jones, and Foster spoke highly of him as well. "He's a very fast kid. Talented," Foster said. "From the south, so he has a little different work ethic than other guys. He knows that his role is going to increase, he's gonna get the opportunity. He's just really trying to make sure he makes it to that." Charbonnet, an Oaks Christian graduate who played two years at Michigan before transferring to UCLA, is working on becoming a more vocal leader. He said Friday that talking in meetings and giving presentations has helped him with that. He also, at the encouragement of quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, helped coach a youth football camp for Native American kids over the summer. "I just had to take on a leadership role, especially this year," Charbonnet said. "Coming up for the offense and trying to lead those running backs, so that was my main point coming in this offseason was working on my leadership skills and on my vocal skills, too." - Orange County Register

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RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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08/12/22 - Darius Muasau, rSr/2024, UCLA + More +

Darius Muasau is in his first fall camp with the Bruins as well after transferring from the University of Hawaii. He left the Rainbow Warriors as the team's leading tackler in 2021 with 109 total tackles (64 solo tackles and 14 for a loss). The senior balances the ferocity of camp's daily physical regimen with film. After three to four hours of film with the team, he unlocks his iPad and starts watching even more on his own. San Francisco's Fred Warner, Indianapolis' Darius Leonard and Tampa Bay's Devin White are some of his favorites. "Just things I can get better at and just not in our own film, but also like NFL film as well," Muasau said. "I'm picking out specific things that they do in the league that I can implement to my own game." Although he spends a lot of time focusing on his own game, Muasau said there's a deep connection among the linebackers. They're always texting each other and, of course, Muasau said he's always willing to spend extra time on film with a less experienced teammate. "But it's not that I know everything. I'm still learning myself," he said. "So I'm just learning, teaching them what I know already." - Orange County Register

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ILB Darius Muasau, UCLA
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08/09/22 - Will Powers, rSr/2024, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT IVY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM: Will Powers, Princeton, Sr.,...Powers was outstanding for Princeton as he led the conference in net average (43.8) last season. One third of his punts were over 50 yards with nine going inside the 20-yard line. - Princeton Football

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P Will Powers, UCLA
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08/08/22 - Jake Heimlicher, rSr/2024, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT IVY LEAGUE SECOND TEAM: Jake Heimlicher, Penn, Sr.,...Started and appeared in all 10 games on the defensive line in 2021...Honorable Mention All-Ivy...Finished the year with 51 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks and 12 quarterback hurries. Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in sacks and fifth in TFLs. - Pennsylvania Football

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DE Jake Heimlicher, UCLA
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08/04/22 - Travis Drosos, rSr/2025, UCLA + More +

2022 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD WATCHLIST: Travis Drosos, Southern Alabama,...Drosos, a transfer from Colorado last season, was the Jaguars' long snapper on all punts, field goals, and extra point attempts in each of the team's 12 contests in 2021. He recorded four tackles covering punts with two of those solo, all, in different games. - Southern Alabama Football

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