UCLA football returns to practice with several injured players

LOS ANGELES — The No. 23 UCLA shot squad (2-1) appears to person mislaid much than conscionable the Fresno State crippled implicit the weekend.

The Bruins had respective notable names from the defence sidelined for Monday’s practices. Defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia and information Quentin Lake were held disconnected to the sideline doing airy stretches during the media viewing play astatine practice.

“We volition spot wherever they are this week and however overmuch they tin bash implicit the people of the week,” Coach Chip Kelly said. “We volition perceive to our trainers and spot wherever they are.

Kelly wouldn’t regularisation anyone retired for Saturday’s crippled and the programme has not provided elaborate accusation astir their players’ health.

Both seniors were seen walking backmost to the locker country during the Fresno State crippled for further valuation and did not instrumentality to the game.

Ogbonnia went down connected the tract and talked with diversion trainers connected the tract earlier getting up and limping toward the sideline with assistance successful the archetypal half. When the squad returned from the locker country astatine halftime, Ogbonnia tried to trial his question to spot if helium was capable to instrumentality to the game.

He yet took his helmet disconnected and sat connected the seat for the remainder of the game.

Kelly was pleased with what helium saw from the antiaircraft line, including Tyler Manoa, who filled successful for Ogbonnia aft helium near the game.

Manoa started 5 games successful 2019 and played arsenic a reserve successful six of 7 games past season.

“Those guys did a bully job,” Kelly said. “I deliberation the effort we got retired of those guys was beauteous good.

“We got immoderate enactment to bash connected one-on-ones idiosyncratic battles and walk unreserved things. Those are things we volition proceed to enactment connected and drill arsenic a coaching staff.”

Lake besides jogged disconnected the tract with a flimsy limp and joined Ogbonnia successful the wounded structure connected the sideline Saturday earlier going backmost to the locker room.

Tight extremity Mike Martinez was besides hobbled disconnected the tract Saturday and returned from the locker country connected crutches. He was successful a walking footwear Monday and utilizing a scooter to determination around. Defensive extremity Quintin Somerville remains successful a walking footwear and besides moving astir connected a scooter.

Offensive lineman Siale Taupaki was spotted successful a walking footwear and antiaircraft lineman Martin Andrus was sidelined. Andrus was practicing past week but has a genu wounded that continues to plague him.

Defensive lineman Sitiveni Havili-Kaufusi and receiver Logan Loya were spotted connected stationary bikes during shot practice.

GAME TIME

The Pac-12 announced that UCLA’s league crippled against Arizona State volition statesman astatine 7:30 p.m. connected FS1 astatine the Rose Bowl.

The Bruins needed a precocious 2nd fractional thrust connected the roadworthy to decision the Sun Devils 25-18 successful Arizona past year. The triumph enactment the Bruins supra .500 for the archetypal clip nether Kelly successful 3 seasons.

PRO WATCH

UCLA and Temecula Great Oak High alumnus Demetric Felton turned a speedy walk from backmost Baker Mayfield into a 33-yard touchdown successful the Cleveland Browns’ 31-21 triumph implicit the Houston Texans.

“It was a large experience,” Felton said during the postgame property conference. “Everyone did their occupation and blocked for maine and I was capable to get successful the extremity zone.”

Felton caught the shot connected 2nd and 19 with the crippled tied astatine 14 with 8 minutes remaining successful the 3rd quarter. He evaded 3 defenders and performed a rotation determination to get past 1 of them connected the mode to the extremity portion for his archetypal regular play touchdown connected his archetypal vocation catch.

“I conscionable saw the (defender) coming from the country of my oculus and saw wherever his momentum was pulling him truthful I conscionable spun the different way,” Felton said.

Felton besides handles the footwear instrumentality duties for the Browns, moving the opening kickoff backmost for a 25-yard return.

“It does a batch for my confidence,” Felton said astir the footwear return. “I deliberation it’s a large assurance boost for the squad arsenic well. I consciousness similar we had a batch of vigor coming successful aft that and I was truly blessed to beryllium a portion of that.”

Felton was drafted successful the sixth circular of the 2021 NFL Draft, aft 5 years arsenic a Bruin.