2024 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2024 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Big Ten Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Former running back coach DeShaun Foster was in his first year as head coach, replacing Chip Kelly.

The 2024 season is the Bruins' first in the Big Ten since departing from the Pac-12 Conference.

The season was highlighted by a strong strength of schedule and poor offensive production. UCLA struggled to score in the redzone throughout the season and only scored more than thirty points in a game once, against Rutgers. They snapped a four game losing streak to Fresno State on the final week of the regular season after a third straight home loss to USC. Overall the Bruins finished 5–7 and 3–6 in the Big Ten Conference, and averaged 46,805 fans at the Rose Bowl.

Offseason

Incoming transfers

• EDGE Collins Acheampong – Miami (FL)
• CB Bryan Addison – Oregon
• IOL Oluwafunto Akinshilo – Iowa State
• RB Jalen Berger – Michigan State
• K Mateen Bhaghani – California
• QB Nick Billoups – BYU
• EDGE Jacob Busic – Navy
• OT Michael Carmody – Notre Dame
• QB Demaricus Davis – Washington
• LS Travis Drosos – South Alabama
• WR Rico Flores Jr. – Notre Dame
• WR Kyle Ford – USC
• RB Anthony Frias – Kansas State
• S Ramon Henderson – Notre Dame
• RB Leo Kemp – San Diego State
• IOL Alani Makihele – UNLV
• CB Kaylin Moore – California
• TE Bryce Pierre – Arizona State
• S Marcus Ratcliffe – San Diego State
• P Brody Richter – Northern Arizona
• DL Luke Schuermann – Johns Hopkins
• EDGE Cherif Seye – Florida A&M
• DL Drew Tuazama – South Carolina
• OT Reuben Unije – Louisville
• LB Joseph Vaughn – Yale
• CB K.J. Wallace – Georgia Tech

Outgoing transfers

• WR Kam Brown – Purdue
• EDGE Choe Bryant-Strother – BYU
• OT Bruno Fina – Duke
• WR Kyle Ford – USC
• RB Anthony Frias – Withdrawn
• LS Beau Gardner – Georgia
• DB Jaxon Harley – Cerritos College
• IOL Spencer Holstege – Withdrawn
• CB John Humphrey – USC
• WR Keegan Jones – Withdrawn
• WR Ari Libenson – TBD
• K RJ Lopez – Purdue
• WR Jeremiah McClure – San Diego State
• QB Dante Moore – Oregon
• S William Nimmo Jr. – San Diego State
• TE Grant Norberg – San Jose State
• S Kamari Ramsey – USC
• IOL Benjamin Roy – UMass
• TE Carsen Ryan – Utah
• QB Collin Schlee – Virginia Tech
• WR Bradley Schlom – San Diego
• DL Jay Toia – Withdrawn
• DB Kaleb Tuliau – Austin Peay
• IOL Jake Wiley – Houston

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

at Hawaii

vs Indiana

at No. 16 LSU

vs No. 8 Oregon

at No. 7 Penn State

UCLA leads the series 4–2 with Penn State winning the last meeting 21–6 on October 12, 1968.

vs Minnesota

at Rutgers

at Nebraska

vs Iowa (Homecoming)

at Washington

vs USC (Victory Bell)

vs Fresno State

Awards and honors

• December 10, 2024 – Carson Schwesinger was named to the AP All-Big Ten First Team

References