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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

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WR Kazmeir Allen, UCLA
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07/30/22 - Jalen Berger, rSr/2026, UCLA, 6-0, 215 (DS#999 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

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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

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

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Zach Charbonnet, UCLA,... Played 18 games at Michigan in 2019 and 2020, then parted ways with Jim Harbaugh's team and enrolled at UCLA in Spring 2021. Last season running back Zach Charbonnet (6-1, 220) appeared in all 12 games and started the last nine contests of the regular season ... ended the regular season leading Pac-12 rushers with seven 100-yard games (106-Hawaii, 117-LSU, 118-Stanford, 117-Arizona, 131-Washington, 167-USC, 106-Cal) ... rated No. 2 in the Pac-12 in rushing average (94.75, 30th in NCAA) and No. 3 in the league in all-purpose yards per game (111.17/g) ... ranked No. 32 nationally in rushing yards (1,137) and No. 24 in rushing TDs (13) ... had multiple catches in six games with a high of six catches versus Cal ... presented the Henry R. Red Sanders Award for Most Valuable Player at the annual awards banquet ... selected to the first-team All-Pac-12 squad by PFF ... named second-team All-Pac-12 by the league coaches and by Phil Steele ... Associated Press' Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year because they didn't count those years at Michigan, but that was before Bruins announced intention to join Big 10. OK, TMI. - UCLA Football

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RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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07/22/22 - Dorian Thompson-Robinson, rSr/2023, UCLA, 6-2, 203 (DS#9 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA,...Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was a starter in all 11 games he played for UCLA last year. The Bruins' offense rated as the highest scoring operation in the Pac-12 (36.5 points) ... ended the season No. 1 in the Pac-12 in passing efficiency (153.94), passing yards/completion (13.69), passing yards per attempt (8.51), points responsible for (182), total offense (274.36), total offense TDs (30) ... one of three Pac-12 players to register at least 3,000 yards of total offense (3,018) ... second in the Pac-12 with 21 passing TDs.

Has moved into the top-5 at UCLA in career passing yards, career total offense, career completions, career TD passes, and career QB rushing yards ... Ran for two scores and threw for 349 yards and four more TDs in win at USC while completing his last 14 straight passes of the day ... racked up over 300 yards of total offense in four games against (Fresno State-345, Arizona State-330, Colorado-355, USC-395)...Ran for at least 80 yards in four games (95-Arizona State, 87-Washington, 98-Colorado, 102-Cal) ... threw for multiple TDs in six games ... ran for multiple TDs in three contests ... finished the season 10th in the Pac-12 in rushing yards/game (55.36) ...named to Phil Steele's and AP's first-team All-Pac-12 squad ... selected second-team All-Pac-12 by the league coaches. - UCLA Football

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QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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07/20/22 - Dorian Thompson-Robinson, rSr/2023, UCLA, 6-2, 203 (DS#9 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD WATCH LIST: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA, Sr., 6-1, 205, Las Vegas, Nev.,...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. He totaled over 300 yards of offense in games against Fresno State (345), Arizona State (330), Colorado (355) and USC (395). In that USC contest, he ran for two scores and passed for four more. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 by the Associated Press. - UCLA Football

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QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
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07/18/22 - Thomas Cole, rFr/2026, UCLA, 6-6, 270 (DS#999 OT) + More +

Sharing the intense personal struggles that kept him away from the UCLA football team in recent months, offensive lineman Thomas Cole revealed Saturday that he attempted suicide this year before getting help for his mental health challenges. "At first I was regretful that I survived my attempt," Cole wrote on Twitter, "but thankfully due to the people at UCLA hospital, Paradigm residential treatment and my therapist Meg, I have come to a much brighter outlook for my own future."

Cole, a redshirt freshman who did not play last season and was absent from spring practice, said he retired from football because it "is not conducive to my mental health, and there is more to life than the game of football." Thanking fellow offensive linemen Benjamin Roy, Garrett DiGiorgio, Noah Pulealii and Taka Mahe, Cole said his teammates brought him joy and laughter in a time of suffering. "For these friendships I am forever thankful," Cole wrote. "I will miss competing and the game of football. But I will mostly miss the people it has brought into my life." - Los Angeles Times

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OT Thomas Cole, UCLA
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07/06/22 - Ethan Garbers, rSr/2025, UCLA, 6-2, 207 (DS#24 QB) + More +

It was a splashy move with a quiet beneficiary. Given its perilous athletic department finances, UCLA faced the prospect of cutting sports had the school not agreed to bolt for the Big Ten Conference. The timing isn't certain and the number of teams that would have been affected isn't known, but the Bruins were headed toward an Olympic sports Armageddon without the infusion of cash that will accompany its departure from the Pac-12 Conference in 2024. Now its 25 teams and more than 700 athletes can exhale knowing that their futures have been secured, making those cross-country flights and frigid midwinter temperatures in Big Ten country far more bearable.

"If you love Olympic sports, you should be a fan of this move," UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond told The Times on Tuesday. "When your program is in significant debt, it's difficult just to maintain, never mind to invest. This not only preserves the programs now - which was not a given - but also will allow us to invest in them. This move allows us to reimagine what UCLA athletics can be with more strategic investment and resources." Over the last three fiscal years, UCLA's athletic department had run up a $102.8-million deficit that figured only to worsen given the school's sagging football attendance and paltry Pac-12 payouts that lagged behind its major conference counterparts. Now it's conceivable that the Bruins could receive $100 million from the Big Ten per year if the expanded conference can snag the projected $1-billion media rights deal that's set to begin in 2024. The financial boon awaiting UCLA with the Big Ten, coupled with its athletes playing on a more visible stage, spurred the decision to leave the Pac-12. - Los Angeles Times

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QB Ethan Garbers, UCLA
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06/22/22 - Zach Charbonnet, Sr/2023, UCLA, 6-0, 222 (DS#3 RB) + More +

NFL teams typically value younger running backs over more experienced options given worries over wear and tear. Even so, UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet could follow in the mold of Najee Harris, who put quality junior and senior seasons at Alabama together to vault into the 2021 NFL Draft's first round. Charbonnet is built like a tank at 6-foot-1, 220 pounds, but his size does not limit his speed and agility. He is just as comfortable running around tackles as he is through, and has handled his collegiate workload thus far without major injury. That versatility and durability should make him an enticing prospect. - USCFootball.com

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RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA
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