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UCLA Football: 5 Bruins That Could Get Selected In The 2017 NFL Draft

By Mike Regalado

Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; UCLA Bruins head coach Jim Mora during the second half against the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. UCLA won 17-9. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 22, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; California Golden Bears running back Khalfani Muhammad (29) runs against UCLA Bruins linebacker Jayon Brown (12) during the first quarter at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; California Golden Bears running back Khalfani Muhammad (29) runs against UCLA Bruins linebacker Jayon Brown (12) during the first quarter at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports /

Jayon Brown LB, Sr, 6’0″, 220 lbs.

When more players than expected go down in your defensive unit, then you have to make due with what you have. When those players perform better than expected, then that is a godsend.

Brown came out of no where like a knight in shining armor. He couldn’t exactly save the defense, it’s as too many soldiers had fallen to injury. But he did help improve it.

With UCLA getting both healthy and much needed reinforcements, the linebackers should be a lot stronger in 2016.  That will allow Brown to not do as much and just focus on his part of the field. Doing that, I feel he could blossom into a very dependable linebacker.

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