UCLA Bruins
Head Coach: Bob Chesney (1st year)
Offensive Coordinator: Dean Kennedy (1st year)
Defensive Coordinator: Colin Hitschler (1st year)
Spring Game: 02-May-2026
2026 Schedule
Most Likely: 8-4(expected 7.7)The Bruins enter 2026 with new head coach Bob Chesney and new offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy and new defensive coordinator Colin Hitschler.
New head coach Bob Chesney (from JMU) brings JMU transfer RB Wayne Knight (148, All-Sun Belt, 1,373 rush yds in 2025) and Tennessee transfer QB Nico Iamaleava (113) to Westwood. K Mateen Bhaghani (102) and RB Anthony Woods (101) add depth. Thirteen transfer starters as Chesney rebuilds UCLA for the Big Ten.
Key Games
Quarterbacks(5)
#9Nico Iamaleava
6'6" · 215 lbs · Age 21
Senior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Ty Dieffenbach
6'6" · 220 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
#10Madden Iamaleava
6'3" · 195 lbs · Age 19
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
DJ Bordeaux
6'2" · 195 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#19Karson Gordon
6'1" · 180 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Running Backs(7)
Dylan Lee
6'1" · 215 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
Wayne Knight
5'7" · 190 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#27Isaiah Carlson
6'2" · 225 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#6Anthony Woods
5'11" · 185 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#21Jaivian Thomas
5'11" · 195 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Backup
Jayden Fox
5'9" · 165 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#33Karson Cox
5'11" · 215 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Wide Receivers(12)
Aidan Mizell
6'1" · 185 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Marcus Harris
6'1" · 190 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
#7Mikey Matthews
5'9" · 180 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Semaj Morgan
5'10" · 174 lbs · Age 21
Senior
3 years remaining
Role: Starter
Brian Rowe Jr.
5'11" · 170 lbs · Age 21
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Landon Ellis
6'1" · 212 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Leland Smith
6'4" · 215 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#89Jace Brown
6'3" · 200 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#86Jalen Saint Paul
6'0" · 185 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Kenneth Moore III
5'10" · 165 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Major Pride
6'3" · 180 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Markus Kier
6'2" · 185 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Tight Ends(8)
Josh Phifer
6'6" · 259 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
Brayden Loftin
6'5" · 230 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Harry Lodge
6'6" · 240 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#88Jake Renda
6'5" · 245 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#44Peter Bario
6'3" · 240 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Stevie Amar Jr.
6'2" · 228 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Camden Jensen
6'6" · 250 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#82Noah Fox-Flores
6'4" · 245 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Offensive Line(20)
Carter Sweazie
6'1" · 327 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#55Eugene Brooks
6'4" · 340 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Key Reserve
Jordan Davis
6'5" · 305 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#74Julian Armella
6'6" · 320 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#63K.D. Arnold
6'7" · 300 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Backup
Riley Robell
6'3" · 291 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#70Caleb Walker
6'5" · 310 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Derek Osman
6'4" · 305 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Hall Schmidt
6'7" · 308 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
JD Rayner
6'4" · 277 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#64Sam Yoon
6'5" · 315 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Sean Na'a
6'3" · 305 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Cooper Javorsky
6'4" · 280 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#66Jensen Somerville
6'8" · 320 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Michael McDonald
6'6" · 330 lbs · Age 19
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Michael Price
6'5" · 280 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#50Nehemiah Johnson
6'5" · 340 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Quinn Buckey
6'6" · 270 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Zaheer Young
6'5" · 290 lbs · Age 19
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Mack Indestad
6'8" · 315 lbs
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Defensive Line(15)
Aiden Gobaira
6'5" · 254 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Sahir West
6'4" · 270 lbs · Age 23
R-Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Starter
Tyson Ford
6'5" · 300 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
Amier Washington
6'2" · 270 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#54Ashton Sanders
6'2" · 290 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Dallin Havea
6'2" · 250 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Darold DeNgohe
6'2" · 298 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#88Grant Buckey
6'5" · 255 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Ryan McCulloch
6'3" · 255 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
#24Cole Cogshell
6'2" · 245 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Gavin Blum
6'3" · 270 lbs · Age 19
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
James Moffat
6'4" · 260 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Marcus Almada
6'4" · 280 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Maxwell Roy
6'3" · 301 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
#35Robert James III
6'2" · 290 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Linebackers(11)
#9Jalen Woods
6'1" · 225 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Sammy Omosigho
6'1" · 235 lbs · Age 22
R-Senior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Drew Spinogatti
6'0" · 228 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#40Mone Malafu
6'2" · 240 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#33Ty Lee
6'3" · 205 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Backup
Anthony Sacca
6'3" · 244 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Donavyn Pellot
6'2" · 215 lbs · Age 20
Junior
3 years remaining
Role: Starter
#41Jewelous Walls
6'2" · 215 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Malaki Soliai-Tui
6'1" · 205 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Matthew Muasau
6'1" · 225 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#36Wyatt Mosier
6'2" · 215 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Defensive Backs(19)
#21Cole Martin
5'9" · 190 lbs · Age 21
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Malik Hartford
6'2" · 200 lbs · Age 21
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Key Reserve
#18Rodrick Pleasant
5'10" · 175 lbs · Age 21
R-Sophomore
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
#28Scooter Jackson
6'1" · 185 lbs · Age 22
Junior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Tao Johnson
6'2" · 200 lbs · Age 23
GR
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
#7Aaron Williams
6'2" · 190 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
DJ Barksdale
5'9" · 181 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Dante Lovett
6'0" · 200 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#18Jadyn Marshall
6'1" · 200 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Jhase McMillan
5'9" · 170 lbs · Age 23
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Rotation
#37Joshua Dixon
6'0" · 195 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Osiris Gilbert
5'9" · 175 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Ta'Shawn James
6'1" · 215 lbs · Age 22
R-Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Rotation
CJ Lavender
5'11" · 175 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#27Jadyn Hudson
6'2" · 195 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Logan Hirou
6'1" · 185 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#29Marquise Villahermosa
5'10" · 175 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Reserve
#3Robert Stafford III
5'11" · 185 lbs · Age 21
Junior
2 years remaining
Role: Reserve
Mason Rivera
6'2" · 200 lbs
R-Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Backup
Kickers(1)
#94Mateen Bhaghani
6'1" · 175 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Starter
Punters(3)
#97Lennox Miller
6'4" · 210 lbs · Age 20
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Key Reserve
Chase Barry
6'4" · 208 lbs · Age 22
R-Senior
2 years remaining
Role: Starter
Curtis Gerrand
6'1" · 190 lbs
Sophomore
3 years remaining
Role: Rotation
Long Snappers(2)
#50Salem Abdul-Wahab
6'1" · 250 lbs · Age 22
Senior
1 years remaining
Role: Backup
Giancarlo Cereghino
6'0" · 205 lbs · Age 18
Freshman
4 years remaining
Role: Reserve