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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

(DS#3 RB) Sr/2023

RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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08/12/22 - Darius Muasau, rSr/2024, UCLA, 6-0, 225 (DS#11 ILB) + 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, 6-2, 220 (DS#999 P) + 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, 6-4, 247 (DS#62 DE) + 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, 6-0, 221 (DS#15 LS) + 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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LS Travis Drosos, UCLA
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08/03/22 - Jack Landherr IV, Sr/2023, UCLA, 6-1, 243 (DS#11 LS) + More +

2022 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY AWARD WATCHLIST: Jack Landherr IV, UCLA,...Landherr IV has successfully executed snaps for all of UCLA's place kicks and punts for the last 28 straight games over the 2019-2021 seasons. He has also been an impactful performer down the field on punt return coverage. In addition, the senior has excelled off the field earning a spot on the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll in both 2021 and 2022. He has also been recognized on the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll from 2019-2022. In 2021-22, Landherr IV was selected to the to the first-team CoSIDA 2021-22 Academic All-District Football Team. - UCLA Football

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LS Jack Landherr IV, UCLA
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08/03/22 - Kazmeir Allen, rSr/2023, UCLA, 5-08, 183 (DS#53 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Kazmeir Allen, UCLA,...Allen saw action last season as a running back, wide receiver and kick returner for the Bruins. He finished first in the Pac-12 and 10th nationally with a kickoff return average of 29.1 yards per return. Allen also caught 17 passes on the season for 255 yards (15.0 yards per catch) and four touchdowns. He made eight rushing attempts for 93 yards (11.6 yards per rush) on the season and produced another score. In the win at USC, Allen had seven touches on the day good for 278 all-purpose yards and three scores - 100-yard kickoff return, 58-yard pass play, 45-yard pass play. - UCLA Football

(DS#53 WR) rSr/2023

WR Kazmeir Allen, UCLA
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07/30/22 - Jalen Berger, rSr/2026, UCLA, 6-0, 213 (DS#107 RB) + More +

Mel Tucker has his Michigan State football team trending upward. The Spartans went 11-2 and won the Peach Bowl over Pittsburgh last season after going 2-5 in Tucker's debut season. Tucker and his coaching staff will be asking a former University of Wisconsin running back to be a key contributor on offense this season as they try to replace Kenneth Walker III, last season's Doak Walker Award and Big Ten running back of the year winner.

Jalen Berger, a four-star recruit in the Badgers' 2020 class, transferred to Michigan State after he was dismissed from UW's team in October. He's competing with another transfer, Jarek Broussard, for the Spartans' starting role. "He's a very talented young man," Tucker said about Berger. "He really bought in right away to our culture and what we're about. He's really started to bond with teammates, he's really opened up. "I'm glad we got him." Tucker said one of Berger's best traits is his versatility, capable of being a runner and receiver out of the backfield. Berger was UW's leading rusher during the COVID-shortened 2020 season, but he then fell on the depth chart entering the 2021 season. - Wisconsin State Journal

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RB Jalen Berger, UCLA
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07/28/22 - Carl Jones Jr., rSr/2024, UCLA, 6-0, 219 (DS#48 OLB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: Carl Jones Jr, UCLA,...Jones has seen action in 31 career contests at linebacker and on special teams for the Bruins. In 2021, he competed in all 12 games and was credited with multiple tackles in half. Jones posted a season-high of five tackles in a win at Stanford. He made four stops against Hawai'i and forced a fumble in the Fresno State game. For the season, Jones totaled 23 tackles, including 3.5 tackles which produced 40 yards in losses, the second-highest total on the team. He tied for the team lead with three quarterback hits. In 2020, Jones registered a career-best six tackles and 1.5 sacks at Oregon. - UCLA Football

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OLB Carl Jones Jr., UCLA
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07/28/22 - Darius Muasau, rSr/2024, UCLA, 6-0, 225 (DS#11 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: Darius Muasau, UCLA,...Muasau, who enrolled at UCLA in January after transferring from Hawai'i, has been named to the first-team All-Mountain West Conference squad the past two seasons. He eclipsed the 100-tackles mark in both 2021 and 2020, having posted 109 stops last season on the heels of a 104 total the previous year. In 2021, Muasau led UH in tackles for loss (14.0) and sacks (7.0) while being ranked tied for second in the country with five forced fumbles. In 2020, he led the Mountain West and ranked fourth nationally in solo tackles per game average (7.6) while recording 9.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. Over the past two seasons, he has produced 14 games in which he totaled at least 10 tackles. - UCLA Football

(DS#11 ILB) rSr/2024

ILB Darius Muasau, UCLA
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07/28/22 - Jordan Anderson, rSr/2024, UCLA, 5-10, 200 (DS#66 SS) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JIM THORPE AWARD WATCHLIST: Jordan Anderson, Bowling Green,...Anderson (Detroit, Mich.) is coming off an All-MAC season in 2021 when he was one of three FBS players in the nation to record 3+ INTs, 2+ fumble recoveries and 5+ PBUs, joining Penn State's Ji'ayir Brown and East Carolina's Ja'Quan McMillian. Anderson has been named a preseason first-team All-MAC honoree by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. He has also been named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List. Anderson is the first Falcon since Ryland Ward in 2014 to be named to the Thorpe Watch List. CJ Brown (NIU) and Dorian Jackson (Western Michigan) are the other MAC players that join Anderson on the preseason watch list. - Bowling Green Football

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SS Jordan Anderson, UCLA
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07/25/22 - Michael Ezeike, rSr/2023, UCLA, 6-5, 241 (DS#18 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: MICHAEL EZEIKE, UCLA,...Ezeike returns in 2022 for his fifth season at UCLA. This past year, he caught passes in games against Hawai'i, at Utah and at USC. Ezeike scored on a six-yard reception against the Utes. His long catch for the season came in the Bruin's win over the Trojans and went for 26 yards to set up a short scoring run by Dorian Thompson-Robinson on the next play. Ezeike has seen action in 36 games during a UCLA career which has seen him line up for action at special teams, wide receiver and tight end. His first career catch came on a nine-yard touchdown toss from Thompson-Robinson in a 2018 game at Oklahoma. - UCLA Football

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TE Michael Ezeike, UCLA
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07/24/22 - Ethan Garbers, rSr/2025, UCLA, 6-2, 207 (DS#24 QB) + More +

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday demanded that UCLA explain how its Pac-12 exit for the Big Ten will benefit all of its student-athletes and honor its relationship with UC Berkeley - the only UC campus that will be left behind and will likely take a big financial hit in a conference weakened by big-name defections. "The first duty of every public university is to the people - especially students," Newsom said in a statement. "UCLA must clearly explain to the public how this deal will improve the experience for all its student-athletes, will honor its century-old partnership with UC Berkeley, and will preserve the histories, rivalries, and traditions that enrich our communities."

Newsom made an unusual appearance Wednesday at the San Francisco meeting of the UC Board of Regents, where he serves as an ex-officio member, to join the board's closed-door discussion on the issue The decision by UCLA - along with USC - to leave the Pac-12 Conference in August 2024 has left Cal and other remaining conference teams reeling over the threat of losing millions in media rights revenue, not to mention the holdovers' viability as a major player in the rapidly shifting college sports landscape. UCLA and UC Berkeley have declined comment on the issue. - Los Angeles Times

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QB Ethan Garbers, UCLA
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07/22/22 - Jake Bobo, rSr/2023, UCLA, 6-4, 206 (DS#24 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Jake Bobo, UCLA,...Bobo transferred to UCLA in January of 2022 after appearing in 43 games and making 24 starts at receiver for Duke from 2018-2021. This past season, he started all 11 games for the Blue Devils and hauled in 74 passes for 794 yards and a touchdown. Bobo posted three 100-yard receiving games - 109 vs. Northwestern, 105 vs. Kansas, 102 vs. Louisville - and grabbed a career-high 11 passes in a game against Northwestern. He made at least five catches in nine games, including a season-long 48-yard reception against Kansas. He earned third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2021. His 6.2 receptions per game mark ranked 28th in the NCAA while his 66.2 yards per game average was ninth in the ACC. His junior season, he was the recipient of the Clarkston Hines Award as Duke's top receiver following a 32-catch campaign. - UCLA Football

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TE Jake Bobo, UCLA
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07/22/22 - Zach Charbonnet, Sr/2023, UCLA, 6-0, 222 (DS#3 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Zach Charbonnet (Sr.), UCLA,...An intensely recruited prep sensation from Camarillo, Ca., Charbonnet's accomplishments at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village were epic - 4,741 yards rushing, including 2,094 and 23 touchdowns as a junior. He first selected Michigan, but underwent knee surgery in January 2019, but started in the season opener. In January 2021 he entered the transfer portal and moved closer to home, joining UCLA. During the 2021 season, Charbonnet and Brittain Brown shared rushing duties in a two-back system. With Brown out injured against USC, Charbonnet had season highs of 28 carries and 167 yards, while surpassing the 1,000-yard milestone for the season. Pac-12 coaches voted Charbonnet second-team all-conference,] and the Associated Press named him the conference's newcomer of the year. He finished with 1,137 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns, second in the conference in rushing yards per game with 94.8, behind B. J. Baylor of Oregon State. On Jan. 14 he announced he would forego the draft and return to UCLA for his senior season. - Draft Scout news sources

(DS#3 RB) Sr/2023

RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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