A good sign that the UCLA Bruins football season is approaching is media days. On the days leading up to Big Ten Media Days, let’s start a new series.
In this era of college football, it’s often hard for the casual fan to keep up with which players play at which position. Through the transfer portal, recruiting, and various other factors, it’s often unclear who sits atop the depth chart in various positions.
With that being said, let’s go ahead and rank each player at each of UCLA’s positions for the upcoming season — starting with the most obvious of them all, quarterback.
What more is there left to say about Iamaleava? He is the main topic of discussion ahead of UCLA’s season and was the No. 1 overall transfer in the portal season. He led Tennessee to the CFP and threw for 2,616 yards, 19 touchdowns and five interceptions in his redshirt freshman season.
Clarkson comes to UCLA by way of Ole Miss. He was the No. 128 quarterback in the transfer portal despite not finding much of an avenue to playing time with the Rebels. Nonetheless, the former four-star high school recruit is coming back to SoCal and may be good enough to back up Iamaleava.
Duncan returns to the Bruins after backing up Ethan Garbers last season and not seeing the field at all. Following Garbers’ departure, it was widely presumed Duncan would be a prime contender for the starting gig. That was, of course, before the Iamaleava’s came into town. Nonetheless, Duncan is still a prominent contender for the second-string.
Madden came to Westwood on the heels of his older brother making the move. Iamaleava was actually at Arkansas’ spring practices as a true freshman commit before leaving and joining his brother in Westwood. He is a four-star quarterback for the class of 2025, which comfortably puts him at No. 4 despite likely redshirting this season.
Hasselbeck committed to the Bruins in 2023 and redshirted his first season. He was one of the few UCLA quarterbacks dissuaded from transferring among the bolstering of the position via the transfer portal. He is slotted here due to his experience with the program already.
Gumino is likely the final name in the depth chart for the position group. He was recruited to UCLA as a three-star prospect and is expected to redshirt his first season.
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