UCLA Football In The NFL Draft In The Jim Mora Era

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Oct 22, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora looks on during the third quarter against the California Golden Bears at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports /

Go Joe Bruin looks back on the UCLA Football players that have been selected in the NFL Draft under Jim Mora.

The impact of Jim Mora as the head coach of the UCLA Football team cannot be understated. Before he took over, the Bruins were a 6-8 team that was not even relevant in their own conference.

Now they are turning heads on a national scale. What Mora has done for this team is something spectacular and continued proof of that comes in the form of several players that have made it to the NFL.

Mora has not only brought in a lot of talent to UCLA, but has developed some of them into players that are now performing at the highest level of football.

Since Mora took over in Westwood, he has sent 20 players to the National Football League. 20! The most amazing part is that during this last draft, eight players were selected by NFL teams (with four others picking up contracts after going undrafted).

That is the third most in the NCAA, the most in the Pac-12 conference and the most in Mora’s tenure. I am not sure about you, but I think Mora has done right by his players and the program.

So now let us check out UCLA in the NFL draft starting with 2013…

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