Looking back at the Brett Hundley days at quarterback for UCLA

Brett Hundley was one of the best quarterbacks to come through UCLA and don the Bruin blue. He was a recruit of Rick Neuheisel who was let go from UCLA after Hundley redshirted his freshman year. Hundley would then go on to be QB1 under Jim Mora, putting together a good career that led to him being drafted. Over his three-year starting career, he had 75 touchdown passes compared to 25 interceptions. Leading the Bruins ascent into the top 10 of the rankings on multiple occasions.

Hundley finished just short of 10,000 passing yards for his college career as he ended with 9,966. He most likely gets to 10,000 if he doesn’t miss most of the Texas game in 2012. But then we never get the Jerry Neuheisel miracle game, and we will forever cherish that. Hundley led some really good UCLA offenses in that three-year stretch, including beating USC all three years that he was there.

UCLA albeit a few occasions during the Chip Kelly era, have not yet reached those heights since. Hopefully under Bob Chesney the team can return to winning ways again. Although Hundley left after his redshirt junior season. You have to give credit to Neuheisel for not only recruiting him to UCLA. But also, not wasting his eligibility for a season his freshman year when Neuheisel knew he would be on the way out regardless. He didn’t budge even though UCLA could’ve used a spark at the QB position.

Hundley is 3rd on the UCLA all-time passing yards list and 2nd on passing touchdowns. Amazingly many of the players around him played four seasons. If he would’ve gone all four years, he would’ve easily shattered all quarterback records for the school. The only one close to him in any stats in three years was Josh Rosen who also left early for the NFL Draft. Hundley will forever be etched in UCLA history.