Anthony Barr News

Lott opened an envelope that revealed the recipient of a $5,000 check that put the IMPACT Foundation over the $1 million barrier for money raised for scholarships and donations.

All players are equal, but some players are more equal than others. That's the basis of our Most Important Player series.

By now we've all heard the story of the running back/fullback from that South Division team who switched over to defense , became a hybrid linebacker and was one of the best in the Pac-12 at getting sacks and tackles for a loss.

He's talking about maturity and opportunity and greatness, a strange and surreal thought process for an athlete of his generation.

Many have speculated that the Cleveland Browns ' top two targets in the 2013 draft were Oregon linebacker Dion Jordan and LSU pass-rusher Barkevious Mingo .

Unlike last season, Stanford is set at quarterback, and the defense looks as if it will be even better in 2013.

The 2013 draft is over, but Mel Kiper Jr. already is looking ahead. Kiper's first Insider 2014 Big Board is out and it's worth pondering and thinking about what NFC South teams could be in the market for next year.

November 3, 2012; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Ryan Shazier tackles Illinois Fighting Illini running back Donovonn Young after a short gain at Ohio Stadium.

Coach Mora hosted another round of Q & A on twitter last week. Here are the Bruins' questions and his answers.

We continue our glimpse at Pac-12 spring camps. Today, UCLA, which comes off an appearance in the Pac-12 championship game for the second straight year.

Tomorrow, it will be four months since the Rose Bowl. It'll also be four months until the 2013 season's first Saturday of games on August 31st.

It's much too early to look forward to the 2014 NFL Draft. It just is. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun, and it doesn't mean we're not going to do it anyway.

While the offense didn't offer any surprises in Saturday's UCLA spring football game, the defense showed much improvement.

Saturday's altered version of the spring game - one with an abbreviated, 60-snap scrimmage - might not have drawn the 50,000 fans that head coach Jim Mora had pushed for, but Hundley was still swarmed in the corner of the Rose Bowl by a gaggle of autograph-seeking fans.After a session in which he unofficially completed 16 of his 23 passes for 179 ... (more)

Datone Jones was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the 26th choice in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday... It was the first time in seven years that a Bruin was drafted in the first round, not since tight end Marcedes Lewis was taken by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2006.

Anthony Barr came to UCLA with hopes of carrying the football. But when Jim Mora was hired, Barr was asked to give up those hopes and become a linebacker.

Most of the post practice talk today was about the future: High tech innovations at practice, facility upgrades, and Bruins in the NFL Draft.