VIDEO: Defensive end Owa Odighizuwa looks forward to UCLA spring game


Head coach Jim Mora is hoping to make UCLA’s “Spring Showcase” this Saturday an actual football game, and defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa might be itching for a real snap more than anyone other Bruin.

The former five-star recruit missed all of last season following two hip surgeries. He’s shaken most of the rust off through three-plus weeks of spring practices, but a truly competitive setting would help too.

“It would help me a lot,” he said. “It would help me from the standpoint of getting my routine that I’ve always done, and getting into the flow of things with my team. I’m excited for it.”