UCLA Football: 3 Reasons Why Josh Rosen Will Win the Heisman

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Sep 19, 2015; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen (3) trails the play as running back Paul Perkins (24) breaks from BYU Cougars linebacker Sae Tautu (31) to score a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game at the Rose Bowl. Ucla won 24-23.Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

More Tools At His Disposal

Even though an 8-5 record is not horrible (some teams would kill for that mark), it was a set back for the UCLA Football team. Towards the end of last season, the offense was very predictable with former Offensive Coordinator Noel Mazzone at the helm.

The Bruins seemed to be stuck with the same five plays that opposing defenses eventually got wise to. After the season, Mazzone bolted for Texas A&M (UCLA’s first opponent of 2016) and Head Coach Jim Mora promoted Running Backs Coach Kennedy Polamalu to OC. With that came a dedication to improving the offense with more power.

This year, the Bruins will be using more power sets that will utilize fullbacks, tight ends and even on-field huddles. Not only will this give Rosen more tools to be successful, it will help open up the offense he is already use to.

Though UCLA will be using more power, they will not fully go the way of a pro style offense. The Bruins used the spread offense last season which will continue in 2016. This past spring, the Bruins still used 4-receiver sets in the passing game, showing that they still want to use Rosen’s arm strength and accuracy to beat their opponents through the air.

Along with that, Rosen will also have a powerful running game to help him as the Bruin’s three-headed monster of Soso Jamabo, Nate Starks and Bolu Olorunfunmi should each have a good year. Honestly, it could be a 4-headed monster if you including Rosen as a runner, which we did not see a lot of last season.

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