LSU recipient Malik Nabers, who driven all FBS players in 2023 with 1,569 getting yards, reported on social media Saturday that he is entering the NFL draft.
The 6-foot, 200-pound Nabers had 14 landing catches this season, tying him for third broadly, as Heisman Trophy champ Jayden Daniels’ best target. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. positions Nabers as the No. 6 in general prospect and the No. 3 collector within the 2024 NFL draft.
Nabers has awesome speed, prove by his 17 catches of 30 yards or longer, which driven all FBS players. He was one of as it were three FBS recipients this season to capture 80 or more passes and normal more than 17 yards per capture. The other two were Washington’s Rome Odunze and Oregon’s Troy Franklin.
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One of the more profitable recipients in college football over the past two seasons, Nabers was among the three finalists for this season’s Biletnikoff Grant, which went to Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr., as the beat collector within the country.
Nabers takes off LSU as the school’s all-time pioneer in getting yards (3,003). He’s as it were the moment LSU player with numerous 1,000-yard getting seasons. He totaled 1,017 yards as a sophomore in 2022, when he too driven the SEC with 72 gatherings.
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UCLA names previous Bruins RB DeShaun Cultivate modern coach
Pete Thamel, ESPN
Feb 12, 2024, 11:
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UCLA enlisted previous star player and longtime collaborator coach DeShaun Cultivate as the school’s another head coach Monday.
Cultivate concurred to a five-year contract, a source told ESPN.
Cultivate, who had taken a work as the Las Vegas Raiders’ running backs coach earlier this month, is within the UCLA Corridor of Acclaim as a player, served 10 a long time in different roles at the school and played seven seasons within the NFL. He risen among a pool of 11 candidates met by UCLA, numerous of whom were sitting head coaches.
Foster impressed the UCLA brass with his capacity to lead and command a room. Per sources, school authorities accept Cultivate can resound within the Los Angeles showcase and emphasize selecting and raising money, portion of the worldview move college football is experiencing within the era of title, picture and resemblance bargains.
DeShaun Cultivate, who was an collaborator at UCLA for 10 seasons and featured at running back for the Bruins, was named the school’s new coach Monday. Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire
“Usually a dream come genuine,” Cultivate said in a articulation. “I continuously imagined being a Bruin ever since I was youthful, and presently being the head coach at my alma mater is such a strange feeling, and I’m thankful for this opportunity. The establishment of this program will be built on discipline, regard and excitement.”
Cultivate was moreover the overpowering choice of the current players, who accept in him as a connecter and pioneer, sources said. The players “went insane” upon hearing the news in a group assembly Monday morning, concurring to sources. Cultivate has worked beneath coaches Kliff Kingsbury, Jim Mora and Chip Kelly, and he played in a Super Bowl with the Carolina Pumas beneath John Fox. UCLA sees him as a cutting edge CEO coach who can recognize and create players.
“We are seeking out for a coach with integrity, energy and energy; somebody who could be a incredible instructor, who develops youthful men, could be a incredible scout and completely embraces the NIL scene to assist our student-athletes,” athletic chief Martin Jarmond said in a explanation. “DeShaun checks all of those boxes and after that a few. He is a pioneer of men and a genuine Bruin.”
Cultivate replaces Kelly, who cleared out to gotten to be the hostile facilitator at Ohio State final week. UCLA cast a wide net in its look, but the Bruins ultimately chosen to go with a coach who has broad nearby encounter and has built a part of validity within the program and on campus.
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Cultivate has been a standout right hand coach at UCLA as his running back room has reliably created NFL tailbacks:
a Bruins tailback has been picked within the past four NFL drafts. That list highlights Zach Charbonnet (2023), Brittain Brown (2022), Demetric Felton Jr. (2021) and Joshua Kelley (2020).
Cultivate spent a decade in different parts on the UCLA staff, including running backs coach from 2017 through this year. He’s also one of the school’s greatest stars.
As a Bruins tailback, he ran for 44 touchdowns and 3,194 yards and earned second-team All-America honors in 2001.
His playing career within the NFL was went through with the Jaguars (2002-07) and the San Francisco 49ers (2008). With the Pumas, he scored a landing in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
