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UCLA soccer players present potential at NFL Draft Prospect Events

Few believed that Deshaun Foster Chip Kelly's success could reproduce success when he started to train with his Alma Mater.

And while the Bruins ended the 2024 season with their worst record since 2019 from the 2020 season, in which Covid 19 restrictions only played seven games-their team performance was not indicated by individual talents.

Five graduates of the 2024 squad from UCLA Football took part in the NFL Scouting Combine and Senior Bowl 2025 in the past few weeks: defensive -lineman Jay Toia, Tight End Moliki Matavao and LineBacker -Trio Oluwafemi Oladejo, Kain Medrano and Carson Schwesinger. The supporters of the Bruins shone at the brightest, and Oladejo's appearance at both events brought him a late first or early round in the April draft in April in April in April.

Oladejo made his presence known on the second day of the Senior Bowl practice and demonstrated its versatility both as an interior and outer linacker. The in Elk Grove, California, and his first two collegiate season in which the center of defense was offered -collected 123 duels, three passport separations and a intercept before switching to external linebackers in his senior campaign.

The former Bruin linacker Kain Medrano runs out in the Rose Bowl. (AIDAN Sun/Assistant Photo Editor)

In his first season, the former Bruin scored 13.5 duels for losses and 4.5 sacks and presents his adaptability. While he may lack experience and technology as a pass -rusher, it can give him his sportiness and versatility to become as high as the 28th choice, where Mel Kiper Jr. von ESPN goes to the Detroit Lions.

While Oladejo exceeded expectations Medrano turned the combine in the 40-yard fittings board on the practice field. The Local of Pueblo, Colorado, had a 4.46- second time on the sprint, which made him the fastest linebacker at the event. While Medrano is likely to be naughty this year, he was fourth in the combine harvester on the combine harvester and was still able to make the league as a free agent.

Although injuries limited most of his collegiate career, Medrano had productive five seasons in Westwood. His best was probably last season, in which he recorded 72 duels, three forced Fumbles and two interceptions-in one one in a 38-yard pick-six against Nebraska on November 2.

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Linebacker Carson Schwesinger, who ran as a newcomer to the team, goes next to Medrano on the field. (AIDAN Sun/Assistant Photo Editor)

Medranos Inside LineBacker counterpart and Dick Butkus Award finalist Schwesinger made waves for his words on the podium. Reporters asked a variety of questions about his non-traditional journey to the NFL design of the NFL, which began as a walk-on in Westwood and ended with 136 tackles last season with 136 tackles.

The Schwesinger UCLA career had a fairytale end -with four sacks, 8.5 tackles for losses and two interceptions in his redshirt -Junior campaign. It is expected that Schwesinger will hear his name in the middle rounds of the draft, with some mocks as high as the 64th choice with the Philadelphia Eagles – the incumbent Super Bowl Champions.

In the meantime, TOIA is classified as a rank as a total of 309.

The first round of the draft begins April 24, with rounds two and three Fridays and four to seven, which end on April 26.