Jaelan Phillips (15) rushes the quarterback past running back Brandon Stephens (20) during UCLA’s spring game. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/SCNG/Pasadena Star-News)
After four weeks and 15 spring practices, the players part ways with their coaches heading into the summer. Armed with their playbooks and weight-lifting instructions from strength coach Sal Alosi, the Bruins must now push the team to the next level on their own.
“It’s very important leading into the season that we haven’t lost track of what we’ve accomplished this far already,” safety Adarius Pickett said. “These next three, four months going into the season will be real critical for our success this season.”
More analysis of UCLA’s entire spring practice coming Monday, but here are all the links from the fourth week of practice:
Day 12
- Why UCLA went for a live spring game
- Photos from practice
- Video interviews
- Practice report: Mixed bag for the offense
Day 13
- How UCLA ended up with a formidable tight ends unit from a group of misfit receivers, defensive linemen and quarterbacks
- Video interviews with Jordan Wilson and Breland Brandt
- Practice report: Offensive line shines in one-on-ones
Day 14
- UCLA’s early enrollees trade prom prep for a head start on their college careers
- Video interviews
- Practice report: Bruins walk through practice to prepare for spring game
Day 15: Spring Showcase
- After productive spring, UCLA turns attention to “summer of improvement”
- Photo gallery from the spring game
- Video: Recapping the game from Drake Stadium
- Video interviews
- Practice report: Drops return in mundane spring game
Extras from elsewhere:
- Sports Illustrated writes about the best quarterback battle in the country, which is right in Los Angeles
- Bleacher Report writes that UCLA is due for a big improvement this year with Rosen back
- It also writes that Rosen is one of the top juniors for the 2017 season