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RETURNING BRUINS AANDREWNDREW AABBOTTBBOTT #26 Andrew Abbott Cornerback RS-Jr./5-9/178/Long Beach, CA/Mater Dei HS Career Highs Tackles - 8 vs. Houston, 2010 Tackles for loss - 2 vs. Houston, 2010 UCLA - Andrew is expected to compete for a starting spot in the defensive backfi eld rotation and contribute on special teams ... Possesses good speed and quickness ... Awarded a scholarship in August, 2010. 2010 - Appeared in 12 games and made fi ve starts ... Awarded a scholarship during fall camp (Aug. 24) ... Finished seventh on the team with 35 tackles ... Saw action off the bench at Kansas State ... Recorded four tackles against Stanford ... Started in the nickel package against Houston and made a career-high eight tackles, two for loss ... Made a tackle and recovered a fumbled kickoff at Texas ... Started in the nickel against WSU and made two tackles ... Made three tackles at Cal ... Totaled four tackles in a starting role at Oregon ... Started against Arizona and made fi ve stops ... Started and made four stops in the Oregon State win ... Played off the bench at Washington and made three stops ... Suffered a head injury at Arizona State ... Returned to action against USC and was credited with one stop. 2009 - Appeared in 13 games, primarily in the nickel package and on special teams, with one start (Arizona St.) ... Made his debut versus San Diego St. ... Two tackles and pass breakup at Tennessee ... Made one stop against Kansas St. ... Tackle assist #60 Jeff Baca against Oregon ... One pass defense versus Cal ... Four tackles at Arizona ... Three tackles at Oregon St. ... Three stops in nickel package vs. Washington ... Three Offensive Line tackles and a forced fumble at Washington St. ... Made fi rst career start, in the nickel RS-Jr./6-4/305/Mission Viejo, CA/Mission Viejo HS package, against Arizona State and totaled two tackles ... Had one stop at USC ... UCLA - A talented player who has the ability to play any position along the Two tackles in the bowl win over Temple ... Co-defensive winner of UCLA’s John line ... Fractured his left ankle on the second day of Spring drills (March 31) and Boncheff Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year. required surgery ... His exact return date has yet to be determined ... Enters his 2008 - Did not see action in his fi rst season in the program and has two seasons redshirt junior season as one of the top linemen on the squad and an all-conference of eligibility remaining. candidate ... Has 21 career starts, 13 at guard and eight at tackle ... Can also play HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered two years in football for coach Bruce Rollinson at center if necessary. Mater Dei HS in Santa Ana, CA … As a senior, he was named fi rst-team Trinity 2010 - Did not see game action due to NCAA eligibility issues. League ... Also selected to the All-Orange County team ... Named Pac-5 All-CIF ... 2009 - Started all 13 games at left guard ... Played virtually every snap in all 13 games, On defense, he was credited with 35 tackles and four interceptions ... On offense, including over 60 plays in 10 contests ... Also participated on special teams ... Saw he made 46 catches for 790 yards and eight touchdowns ... As a junior, he was named some action at right guard in the Cal game. second-team All-Trinity League ... Made 42 tackles and eight interceptions. 2008 - Appeared in nine games with eight starts at left tackle ... Named to rivals. PERSONAL - Full Name: Andrew Dei-Shawn Abbott … Born: May 23, 1990 com Pac-10 All-Freshman team ... Winner of UCLA’s Ed Kezirian "Coach K" Award … Parents: Calvin Abbott, Teshia Watkins and Barry Watkins … Has one sister, for Academic and Athletic Excellence ... Made his debut versus Arizona (game three), Britney, and two brothers, Marque and Noah ... Biggest sports thrill to date was playing the entire second half at left tackle ... Started and played the full game against catching the game-winning 97-yard scoring pass from Matt Barkley to beat rival Fresno St., becoming the fi rst true freshman to start on the line since Shannon Tevaga Servite HS in his senior season ... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant ... Hobbies include in 2004 ... Also played the entire game against WSU, Oregon and Stanford ... Missed watching movies and hanging out with friends and family ... Named to Athletic the Cal game with a strained hamstring ... Returned to the starting lineup against Director’s Honor Roll in 2010 Spring Quarter ... History major. Oregon St. ... Also started at Washington, at Arizona St. and versus USC. HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered three seasons at Mission Viejo (CA) HS for coach Bob TACKLE STATISTICS - A. ABBOTT Johnson ... Played left tackle … Earned three stars from rivals.com … Rated No. 25 Year TT T-AT Sacks TFL INT (Td) offensive guard nationally by rivals.com … Earned three stars from scout.com … 2009 22 16-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 Named third-team All-State by Cal-Hi Sports … Named to CIF-Southern Section 2010 34 28-6 0.0-0 2.0-4 0 Pac-5 Division team … Named fi rst-team all-league as a senior … Second-team Totals 56 44-12 0.0-0 2.0-4 0 all-league pick and honorable mention all-state selection as a junior ... Also lettered in track and fi eld (shot put) in 2007-08 for coach Mike Hoffman ... Placed fourth in the 2008 CIF-SS Divisional Finals in the shot put (55-5) ... Advanced to the CIF State Championship track meet in the shot as a senior and fi nished eighth (56-8.6). PERSONAL - Full Name: Jeffery James Baca … Born: January 10, 1990 in Laguna Hills, CA … Parent: Arlene Baca (dad is deceased) … Has two brothers, Kyle and Travis ... It was his childhood dream to attend UCLA; he went to many games with his father as a child ... Was offered a scholarship after a UCLA football camp and committed that day ... Lists NFL lineman Jeff Saturday as the athlete he admires the most … Hobbies include ping pong, weight lifting, beach volleyball and basketball ... Director’s Honor Roll in Spring 2009 and 2011 … Physical Sciences major. 19 RETURNING BRUINS #2 Anthony Barr #3 Darius Bell F-Back/Running Back Quarterback So./6-4/237/San Pedro, CA/Loyola HS Jr./5-11/226/San Francisco, CA/Archbishop Riordan HS/CC of San Francisco Career Highs UCLA - Darius did not participate in Spring Practice due to March shoulder surgery Receptions - 2 vs. Stanford, 2010 but should be ready for Fall camp ... Transferred to UCLA in summer of 2010 from Receiving Yards - 17 at Oregon, 2010 City College of San Francisco. 2010 - Saw his only action of the season in the third quarter at Washington following UCLA - Enters the 2011 season as a contender for the starting job at the F-back an injury to Richard Brehaut ... Threw three passes with no completions ... One position and will also see action at running back ... A fi ne all-around athlete who was intercepted and returned 28 yards for a touchdown to make the score 17-7 fi gures to make a big contribution this year. with 6:22 remaining in the game. 2010 - Saw action in all 12 games with four starts ... Came off the bench at CC OF SAN FRANCISCO - Played football in the 2009 season at City College Kansas State to make one reception (5 yds) and rush once (1) ... Made two of San Francisco for coach George Rush ... Started at quarterback and led the team receptions (12) against Stanford ... Played versus Houston ... Made one reception to a 9-1 record and a share of fi rst place in the NorCal Conference ... Completed (5) and had some key blocks at Texas ... Carried once (6) versus Washington 143 of 247 passes for 1,982 yards and 21 touchdowns ... Threw fi ve interceptions and State ... At Cal, he had one run (3) but strained his left calf in the fi rst quarter posted a 149.31 pass effi ciency rating (fourth-best mark in the Northern California and did not return ... Made his fi rst career start at Oregon and had one catch Football Association rankings) ... Rushed 139 times for 751 yards and 11 scores ... (17) ... Started versus Arizona and made one reception(6) ... Came off the bench Compiled 2,733 yards of total offense and 788 all-purpose yards ... The team ranked versus Oregon State and ran twice for a total of 10 yards, including one for 12 10th in total offense in the Northern California Football Association (401.1 yards yards ... Started at Washington and made one reception (6) ... Started and made per game) ... Bell was fi fth in the Northern California Football Association in total two catches for 15 yards at Arizona State ... Saw action against USC ... Offensive offense (273.3 yds/g) ... He ranked 11th in passing yards (198.2) and 16th in rushing winner of UCLA's John Boncheff, Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year. yards per game (75.1). HIGH SCHOOL - Played three seasons at Los Angeles Loyola HS for coaches Jeff HIGH SCHOOL - Played his junior and senior seasons at San Francisco's Riordan Kearin and Adam Guerra ... Missed virtually all of his senior season with a broken ankle High School for coach Mike Langridge ... Named All-State as a senior (2007) while ...Tom Lemming All-American (No. 14 player nationally) ... Rated No. 1 athlete by Tom leading the Crusaders to their fi rst-ever Central Coast Section title ... Ran for one Lemming/Max Preps ... Member of Dream Team (No. 33 national prospect) ... Rated score and threw four scoring passes in the championship game (Medium Schools No.