2010 UCLA Bruins football team
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The 2010 UCLA Bruins football
UCLA Bruins Football
The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll...

team, coached by third year head coach Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel
Richard Gerald "Rick" Neuheisel, Jr. , is an American football coach, former player, and attorney. He was most recently the head football coach at University of California, Los Angeles, a position he held from 2008 to 2011...

, opened the season on the road against the Kansas State Wildcats
2010 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 2010 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, in Manhattan, Kansas as they have done since 1968. It was the 115th season in school history...

 on September 4, 2010. The next three games would be against ranked opponents, and after a road win at #7 (AP) Texas
2010 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2010 Texas Longhorn football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season...

, expectations for the Bruins dampened by their 0-2 start began to rise again. However, the season turned for the worse and included two three-game losing streaks against Pac-10 opponents, the latter to end the season on a three game skid. The Bruins, coming off a bowl win the year before, found themselves ineligible for bowl play with their 4-8 overall record and finished ninth in the Pac-10.

Player injuries and other attrition depleted UCLA of its roster depth, while true freshmen were forced into action and seniors who were previously reserves became starters; a quarterback who had attempted only 17 passes in his career became the starter.

Recruitment

The first Wednesday in February was the start of signing day in college football, February 3, 2010 – April 1, 2010. For midyear junior college transfer, the period was December 16, 2009 to January 15, 2010.

UCLA's recruits:
Name, Pos., High School, Ht., Wt., Hometown
Anthony Barr, ATH, Loyola, 6-4, 225, Los Angeles, CA
Derrick Bryant, DL, Brookhaven, 6-5, 240, Columbus, OH
Sealii Epenesa, DL, Iolani, 6-2, 300, Honolulu, HI
Wesley Flowers, DL, Edison, 6-5, 253, Fresno, CA
Kody Innes, OL, Saguaro, 6-5, 273, Scottsdale, AZ
Jordon James, RB, Corona, 5-10, 190, Corona, CA
Anthony Jefferson, DB, Cathedral, 6-2, 180, Los Angeles, CA
Malcolm Jones, RB, Oaks Christian, 6-1, 220, Westlake Village, CA
Eric Kendricks, LB, Hoover, 6-1, 213, Fresno, CA
Cassius Marsh, DL, Oaks Christian, 6-4, 270, Westlake Village, CA
Tevin McDonald, DB, Edison, 5-11, 180, Fresno, CA
Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DL, Douglas, 6-4, 240, Portland, OR
Aramide Olaniyan, LB, Woodberry Forest, 6-2, 200, Woodberry Forest, VA
Dietrich Riley, ATH, St. Francis, 6-1, 195, La Cañada, CA
Kip Smith, K, Legacy, 6-1, 205, Broomfield, CO
Chris Ward, OL, Mater Dei, 6-5, 300, Santa Ana, CA
Wade Yandall, OL, Carson, 6-4, 300, Carson, CA
John Young, TE, Loyola, 6-4, 250, Los Angeles, CA
Jordan Zumwalt, LB, Edison, 6-4, 217, Huntington Beach, CA

Spring practice

  • Week One - April 1 (4:00 p.m.), April 2 (4:00 p.m.) and April 3 (12:00 noon)
  • Week Two - April 6 (4:00 p.m.), April 8 (4:00 p.m.), April 9 (4:00 p.m.) and April 11 (11:00 a.m.)
  • Week Three - April 12 (4:00 p.m.), April 13 (4:00 p.m.), April 15 (4:00 p.m.) and April 16 (4:00 p.m.)
  • Week Four - April 19 (4:00 p.m.), April 20 (4:00 p.m.), April 22 (2:30 p.m.)
  • Spring Game - April 24, 7 p.m., Rose Bowl

Pre-season practice

  • Monday, August 9 - 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, August 10 - 10:00 am-1:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, August 11 - 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, August 12 - 10:00 am-1:00 p.m.
  • Friday, August 13 - 4:00-6:00 pm (First day of full pads)
  • Saturday, August 14 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, August 15 -3:00-5:15 p.m.

  • Monday, August 16 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, August 17 -3:00-5:15 p.m.
  • Wednesday, August 18 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, August 19 - 3:00-5:15 p.m.
  • Friday, August 20 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 21 - 5:00 p.m. (Scrimmage at Drake Stadium
    Drake Stadium (UCLA)
    Elvin Drake Stadium is an 11,700-capacity stadium in Los Angeles, California used by UCLA soccer and athletics. The track stadium was built in 1969. The stadium is named for UCLA track legend Elvin C...

    )


Key players

Offensive

  • QB – 4 Kevin Prince
    Kevin Prince
    Kevin Prince is an American football quarterback. He played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California. He is a redshirt junior at UCLA, the starting quarterback for the team...

  • TB – 23 Johnathan Franklin
  • F – 7 Morrell Presley
  • SE – 83 Nelson Rosario
  • LT – 72 Sean Sheller
  • LG – 77 Darius Savage
  • C – 66 Ryan Taylor
  • RG – 62 Eddie Williams
  • RT – 73 Micah Kia
  • TE – 87 Cory Harkey
  • FL – 82 Taylor Embree

Special Teams
  • PK – 25 Kai Forbath
    Kai Forbath
    Kai August Forbath is an American football placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was a very successful placekicker for the University of California, Los Angeles...

  • P – 18 Jeff Locke
  • KO – 18 Jeff Locke
  • KO RET – 3 Josh Smith
  • P RET – 82 Taylor Embree
  • H – 39 Danny Rees
  • LS – 52 Christian Yount

Defensive

  • LE – 89 Nate Chandler
  • DT – 99 Justin Edison
  • DT – 85 David Carter
  • RE – 97 Damien Holmes
  • SLB – 10 Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Christopher Ayers is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played for the UCLA Bruins. He was a redshirt junior and the starting outside linebacker. At the end of the 2010 season, he declared for the NFL draft.-High school career:Ayers...

  • MLB – 42 Patrick Larimore
  • WLB – 11 Sean Westgate
  • LCB – 22 Sheldon Price
  • FS – 3 Rahim Moore
    Rahim Moore
    -Denver Broncos:Moore was taken 13th in the 2nd round, 45th overall, by the Denver Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft. Moore made his regular season debut on September 12, 2011 and recorded four solo tackles in the Broncos season-opening 23-20 defeat to the Oakland Raiders...

  • SS – 6 Tony Dye
  • RCB – 21 Aaron Hester


Schedule

Kansas State

Last year, the Bruins defeated the Wildcats
Kansas State Wildcats
Kansas State University's athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in...

 23-9 at the Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl (stadium)
The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, U.S., in Los Angeles County. The stadium is the site of the annual college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day. In 1982, it became the home field of the UCLA Bruins college football team of the Pac-12...

.

1st quarter scoring: KSU - Daniel Thomas
Daniel Thomas (American football)
Daniel Thomas is a running back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats football team.-High school:...

 1 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA - Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince is an American football quarterback. He played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California. He is a redshirt junior at UCLA, the starting quarterback for the team...

 11 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick); Kai Forbath
Kai Forbath
Kai August Forbath is an American football placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was a very successful placekicker for the University of California, Los Angeles...

 44 yd. field goal.

3rd quarter scoring: KSU - William Powell 28 yd. run (Cantele, A. kick); UCLA - Kai Forbath 35 yd. field goal; KSU - A. Cantele 35 yd. field goal.

4th quarter scoring: UCLA - Kai Forbath 42 yd. field goal; KSU - Brodrick Smith 5 yd. pass from Coffman; KSU - Carson (A. Cantele kick); UCLA - Ricky Marvray 29 yd. pass from Prince; UCLA - Kevin Prince (Kevin Prince pass failed); KSU - Daniel Thomas 35 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).

Stanford

This game was the first time the Cardinal defeated the Bruins at the Rose Bowl since 1996. This was the first shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

 UCLA had suffered in the twenty-first century, since a 17–0 loss to California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...

 on October 16, 1999. This was the first time Stanford had achieved a road shutout against an opponent since 1974. This was the first time since 1941 that Stanford shutout UCLA.

Houston

UCLA upset No. 23 ranked Houston in front of the home crowd in the Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl (stadium)
The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, U.S., in Los Angeles County. The stadium is the site of the annual college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day. In 1982, it became the home field of the UCLA Bruins college football team of the Pac-12...

. Matt Hogan kicked a 29-yard field goal to give the Cougars the first quarter lead. Johnathan Franklin answered with a 11-yard run for a Bruins 7-3 lead. The Bruins scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince is an American football quarterback. He played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California. He is a redshirt junior at UCLA, the starting quarterback for the team...

 ran for a 2-yard touchdown and Franklin added a 1-yard run touchdown.

In the third quarter, UCLA had a 42-yard field goal by Kai Forbath
Kai Forbath
Kai August Forbath is an American football placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was a very successful placekicker for the University of California, Los Angeles...

, the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award winner, and a touchdown again by Franklin (12 yards).
Houston scored twice in the fourth quarter, on James Cleveland
James Cleveland (American football)
James Lee Cleveland is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.-College career:...

's 10-yard pass from quarterback Terrance Broadway and on Matt Hogan's 31-yard field goal. There were seven turnovers, including interceptions by UCLA's Rahim Moore
Rahim Moore
-Denver Broncos:Moore was taken 13th in the 2nd round, 45th overall, by the Denver Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft. Moore made his regular season debut on September 12, 2011 and recorded four solo tackles in the Broncos season-opening 23-20 defeat to the Oakland Raiders...

 and Akeem Ayers
Akeem Ayers
Akeem Christopher Ayers is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played for the UCLA Bruins. He was a redshirt junior and the starting outside linebacker. At the end of the 2010 season, he declared for the NFL draft.-High school career:Ayers...

.

Two Houston quarterbacks, Case Keenum
Case Keenum
Casey Austin "Case" Keenum is a redshirt senior quarterback for the Houston Cougars football team. Keenum has already set several school records at the University of Houston and has positioned himself to become the NCAA's all-time leader in total passing yards in 2011...

 and Cotton Turner, were injured in the game and are out for the season.

Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the game was named Pac-10 Conference defensive player of the week. He was also named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski
Bronko Nagurski
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski was a Canadian-born American football player. He was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time world heavyweight champion.-Youth and collegiate career:...

 National Defensive Player of the Week.

Texas

Thirteen years after beating Texas on "Rout 66", the Bruins upended the No. 7 ranked Longhorns 34-12 with touchdowns by Johnathan Franklin and Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince is an American football quarterback. He played at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California. He is a redshirt junior at UCLA, the starting quarterback for the team...

 in front of a stadium-record crowd of 101,437 in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. Franklin scored a 11-yard touchdown on his 118-yard day, while Prince had two touchdowns, a 38-yard run and a 1-yard pass to Ricky Marvray. Kai Forbath kicked two field goals, 39 and 49 yards, and missed one for the Bruins. The final touchdown was made by UCLA's Derrick Coleman on a 29-yard run.

Justin Tucker kicked two field goals, 31 and 34 yards, and James Kirkendoll scored on a 5-yard pass from Garrett Gilbert
Garrett Gilbert
Garrett Gilbert is a current quarterback for the SMU Mustangs college football team. Gilbert was regarded as one of the best high school quarterbacks of his class and was named the 2008 Offensive Player of the Year by USA Today....

 for Texas. Now the Bruins have beaten two teams from the State of Texas in consecutive weeks. The Longhorns turned the ball over to the Bruins five times during the contest.

Washington State

The Bruins came from behind to score the final three touchdowns, one by quarterback Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut is a college football quarterback at UCLA.Brehaut played high school football and baseball at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he was a member of PrepStar Dream Team and SuperPrep All-American. He was rated as a top ten quarterback by rivals.com,...

 (1-yard run) and two by running back Derrick Coleman (1 and 4-yard runs) to defeat the Cougars at home.

Quarterback Brehaut played in place of injured Kevin Prince and made 12 of 23 passes for 128 yards in his first career start. Coleman had a banner game, scoring three rush touchdowns and a 73-yard long run in the fourth quarter. Franklin accounted for 216 of UCLA's 437 rushing yards, his first. Kicker Kai Forbath now has kicked 80 field goals, including the 33-yard and 20-yard field goals in this game.

Winning with 565 total offense yards, UCLA has a 38-18-1 record on Washington State.

California

Cal has a record of 8-6 coming off a bye week in Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford is an American football coach and the current head coach of the California Golden Bears football team, a position he has held since 2002. As a first-time head coach, Tedford has won wide acclaim for revitalizing the Cal football program...

's years at Cal and the Bears have beaten UCLA five consecutive times at home.

Oregon

Arizona

Oregon State

The Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-yard field goal by Kai Forbath
Kai Forbath
Kai August Forbath is an American football placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was a very successful placekicker for the University of California, Los Angeles...

 with one second left in the game to give UCLA a 17-14 victory over the visiting Beavers. With 1:17 left in the game, Forbath missed a 46-yard field goal, which went wide left. Originally, the field officials had ruled that UCLA had no time left, but the challenge gave the Bruins one more second left to set up the field goal try.

Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut is a college football quarterback at UCLA.Brehaut played high school football and baseball at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he was a member of PrepStar Dream Team and SuperPrep All-American. He was rated as a top ten quarterback by rivals.com,...

 scored for UCLA in the first quarter with a seven-yard run and Joe Halahuni did the same for Oregon State with a 28-yard pass from Ryan Katz.

In the third quarter, Markus Wheaton ran for 22-yard touchdown for the Beavers lead and Johnathan Franklin scored from the 1-yard line for a Bruins touchdown to tie the game.

Washington

Arizona State

Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler threw 4 touchdown passes while UCLA quarterback Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut
Richard Brehaut is a college football quarterback at UCLA.Brehaut played high school football and baseball at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where he was a member of PrepStar Dream Team and SuperPrep All-American. He was rated as a top ten quarterback by rivals.com,...

 had three. The defeat ended UCLA's hope of a bowl game in December.

USC

Jonathan Franklin ran for 109 yards and one touchdown in a loss to USC. The Bruins ended the season losing six of their last seven games.

Before kickoff, fans of both teams were involved in a fight which eventually led to two participants being stabbed. Violence occurred outside Rose Bowl in 2008 as well, when nearly 50 were arrested.

Awards and honors

  • September 20 - UCLA linebacker Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the upset of No. 23 Houston
    2010 Houston Cougars football team
    The 2010 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 65th year of season play for Houston...

     on September 18 was named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski
    Bronko Nagurski
    Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski was a Canadian-born American football player. He was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time world heavyweight champion.-Youth and collegiate career:...

     National Defensive Player of the Week and Pacific 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

  • September 27 – Center Ryan Taylor and linebacker Sean Westgate were named Pac-10 Players of the Week. Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Christopher Ayers is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played for the UCLA Bruins. He was a redshirt junior and the starting outside linebacker. At the end of the 2010 season, he declared for the NFL draft.-High school career:Ayers...

     named Lott
    Lott Trophy
    The Lott IMPACT Trophy is presented annually to the college football Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. IMPACT is an acronym for: integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community, and tenacity. The award purports to equally recognize the personal character of the winning player as well as...

     IMPACT Player of the Week. The team was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Sept. 25.

  • Nine Bruins received All-Pacific 10 honors: First team – Junior safety Rahim Moore and junior linebacker Akeem Ayers; Second team – Senior place kicker Kai Forbath, sophomore running back Johnathan Franklin and sophomore punter Jeff Locke ; Honorable mention – Junior running back/special teams performer Derrick Coleman, junior safety Tony Dye, senior center Ryan Taylor and junior linebacker Sean Westgate.

  • December 9, 2010 – Linebacker Akeem Ayers was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation
    Walter Camp Football Foundation
    The Walter Camp Football Foundation is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also presents various awards.-Awards:*Walter Camp Player of the Year*CT Player of the Year...

     second-team All-America.


All-America teams:
  • Linebacker Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Ayers
    Akeem Christopher Ayers is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played for the UCLA Bruins. He was a redshirt junior and the starting outside linebacker. At the end of the 2010 season, he declared for the NFL draft.-High school career:Ayers...

     and safety Rahim Moore
    Rahim Moore
    -Denver Broncos:Moore was taken 13th in the 2nd round, 45th overall, by the Denver Broncos in the 2011 NFL Draft. Moore made his regular season debut on September 12, 2011 and recorded four solo tackles in the Broncos season-opening 23-20 defeat to the Oakland Raiders...

    , Associated Press, third-team
  • Punter Jeff Locke and Akeem Ayers, Sports Illustrated, honorable mention
  • Akeem Ayers, Phil Steele's Magazine,second-team
  • Long-snapper Christian Yount and Rahim Moore, Steele's, fourth-team All-America
  • Free safety Rahim Moore, Sporting News magazine, first-team

Coaches

  • Rick Neuheisel
    Rick Neuheisel
    Richard Gerald "Rick" Neuheisel, Jr. , is an American football coach, former player, and attorney. He was most recently the head football coach at University of California, Los Angeles, a position he held from 2008 to 2011...

     - Head Coach
  • Chuck Bullough
    Chuck Bullough
    Chuck Bullough is an American football coach, Who previously served as the Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach for the UCLA Bruins under head coach Rick Neuheisel...

     - Def. Coordinator
  • Norm Chow
    Norm Chow
    Norman Chow is the offensive coordinator for the Utah Utes, a position he started on January 22, 2011. He previously held the same position with UCLA, the NFL's Tennessee Titans, USC, North Carolina State, and Brigham Young University....

     - Offensive Coordinator
  • Frank Gansz, Jr. - Special Teams
  • Todd Howard - Defensive Line
  • Tim Hundley - Secondary
  • Clark Lea - Linebackers
  • Reggie Moore - Wide Receivers
  • Wayne Moses
    Wayne Moses
    Wayne Moses is an American football coach. He currently serves as running backs coach under head coach Rick Neuheisel at UCLA.-College playing career:Moses was a starter at the University of Washington, at cornerback...

     - Running Backs
  • Bob Palcic - Offensive Line
  • Philip Rauscher - Graduate Assistant/Offense
  • Daronte Jones - Graduate Assistant/Defense

External links

  • UCLA Bruins Official site of the UCLA Athletic Department
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