UCLA football honors 21 seniors at Rose Bowl

LOS ANGELES — Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, receiver Kyle Philips and information Quentin Lake were among the 21 UCLA shot players honored during the Senior Day ceremonial earlier the Pac-12 Conference crippled against Cal astatine the Rose Bowl connected Saturday.

Running backs Ethan Fernea, Brittain Brown, antiaircraft backs Obi Eboh, Qwuantrezz Knight and violative lineman Paul Grattan Jr. were the ace seniors honored.

Fernea is the lone subordinate from that radical who spent his full assemblage vocation with the program. The others transferred successful for the 2020 play and person wholly exhausted their eligibility and cannot return.

Other players honored included: Jordan Genmark Heath, Lucas Gramlick, Chase Cota, Mitchell Agude, Alec Anderson, Baraka Beckett, Datona Jackson, Cameron Johnson, Shea Pitts, Jay Shaw, Odua Isibor, Mo Osling Ill and Otito Ogbonnia.

UCLA manager Chip Kelly stated earlier successful the week that players with eligibility who participated successful the ceremonial would not bespeak whether this would beryllium their last seasons.

Pitts and Andrus told reporters they’d similar to instrumentality vantage of their other twelvemonth of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the fact that of the 2020 pandemic-shortened season.

Thompson-Robinson hasn’t made an authoritative determination connected whether he’ll instrumentality adjacent season.

BROWN RULED OUT

Brown was ruled retired for a 2nd consecutive week with an undisclosed wounded Saturday. The moving backmost had played successful the archetypal 17 games of his UCLA vocation earlier missing the crippled against USC past week.

Brown volition person an accidental to play successful the upcoming vessel crippled to decorativeness retired his assemblage career. He has 615 yards and 7 touchdowns connected 102 carries successful 2021.

HONORARY CAPTAIN

Former UCLA shot subordinate Jonathan Ogden joined the Bruins arsenic the honorary skipper for the coin toss.

Ogden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 2013. He spent each 12 seasons of his vocation with the Baltimore Ravens and was an 11-time pro bowler.

RING IT

The Bruins person earned the close to get the Victory Bell for a year, aft defeating USC 62-33.

The assemblage unrecorded streamed the doorbell being painted bluish this week and it was spotted connected the tract astatine the Rose Bowl. USC held possession of the doorbell since November 2019.