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7 Days (and counting) until UCLA Football 2024 kickoff

ONE WEEK

Happy Saturday! Hopefully, you can tune into some football and get yourself in the groove. Next week – the Bruins will be in action. 4:30 pm PST a week from today in Hawaii. Let’s GO!

With today being 7 days away from the first game, we are here to celebrate a pair of 7s on the roster.

Our first player is a leader in the offense. J. Michael Staurdivent. The 6’3, 205lbs junior came to the Bruins from California. Before his time with the Bears, he went to Marcus High School in Texas. He played in all 13 games last season, starting 10 of them. He averaged 16.5 yards per reception last season, which was sixth in the Pac-12. In the LA Bowl win, he had a team-high 142 yards and a touchdown.

Second, is 5’11, 186 redshirt senior defensive back K.J. Wallace. Wallace is from Atlanta and started his career at Georgia Tech. He enrolled at UCLA in January. With the Yellow Jackets, he played in all 12 games. He made 10 starts at Nickel. He was second on the team in breakups and passes defended. He was second with two forced fumbles as well. Wallace should be a nice addition to the Bruins’ defense.

Come on back tomorrow, as we will be UNDER a week to go!

J. Michael Sturdivant named to Biletnikoff watch list

Sturdivant makes the cut!

The UCLA football program has a lot of talent returning. Despite a head caching change, a lot of big names decided to remain in Westwood, including wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant.

Sturdivant made the CBS top-100 players list in the offseason, and now the Bruins star is on the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which is given to the nation’s top receiver.

Mike Regalado of Bruin Report mentioned the news on Friday morning, and it’s a well-deserved honor for Sturdivant.

The entire watch list will be released on August 7, but Sturdivant’s name making the cut isn’t all that surprising.

In 2023, Sturdivant had 36 catches for 597 yards and four touchdowns, which is a drop off from his 2022 season at Cal. With the Golden Bears, he had 65 catches for 755 yards and seven scores.

BUt, add in Ethan Garbers’ improvement and a revamped offense with Eric Bieniemy calling the plays, and Sturdivant could be in for a huge season.

J. Michael Sturdivant lands in CBS Sports top 100 list

J. Michael Sturdivant is getting some buzz.

The UCLA Bruins football program has quite a bit of new faces this time around, both on the field and the coaching staff. However, one player expected to take a big jump is wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant.

He took a step back this past season, catching 36 passes for 597 yards and four touchdowns.

However, Blake Brockermeyer of CBS Sports laid out his top 100 players for the 2024 season, and the one UCLA player on the list is wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, who was ranked 91. Here’s what Brockermeyer wrote about him:

A fluid playmaker and route runner who’s got game breaking speed to boot. Sturdivant is sudden and shity and can stop and start and locate the ball. Sturdivant has excellent hands and always works back to the ball when he can. UCLA needs to feed the young man (only 36 receptions a season ago).

The 2024 season could be an interesting one for Sturdivant, who should be the top target for Ethan Garbers in what will be a new-look offense with Eric Bieniemy running the show.

Way-too-early Browns seven round 2024 NFL mock draft

What prospects should Browns fans have an eye on during the 2023 season?

The 2024 NFL draft is nearly a year away but you can bet general manager Andrew Berry has already begun scouting for next April. It is hard to tell what the Cleveland Browns will need to focus on before watching the 2023 season start to play out. However, you can be a little predictive based on contracts and the age of the current roster.

The team doesn’t have any linebackers outside Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on long-term deals past this season. They also have questions about the future of the offensive line both at tackle and guard. Let’s take a look at how next year’s draft could play out in this way too early 2024 mock draft.

Oklahoma 2021 WR target J. Michael Sturdivant commits to Cal

Fireworks have started for July 4 on the recruiting trail, but Oklahoma is not the ones firing them off quite yet.Ā 

Fireworks have started for July 4 on the recruiting trail, but Oklahoma is not the ones firing them off quite yet.

One of the many targets for the Sooners that announced they would be committing on America’s Independence Day was Flower Mound, Texas, native and three-star wide receiver JJ. Michael Sturdivant. The Marcus High School product had a final four of Cal, LSU, UCLA and Oklahoma.

Sturdivant is heading out to the west coast to play for the Golden Bears.

Sturdivant is a recruit Oklahoma offered in early Feb. and recruited up until the end. A year ago, another Dallas-Fort Worth area recruit in Marvin Mims made an early commitment to Stanford. Oklahoma’s pursuit of Mims after his original commitment led the Sooners to flip him from the Cardinal and be a member of the 2020 recruiting class.

The 6-foot-3, 182 pound Sturdivant is a receiver that fits the mold of an X-receiverā€”the same position CeeDee Lamb played in 2017 and ’18ā€”in Oklahoma’s offense and one to still watch.

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Oklahoma makes 2021 four-star receiver J. Michael Sturdivant’s top four

Oklahoma is in 2021 WR J. Michael Sturdivant’s top four schools.

Oklahoma is still in the running for four-star receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, according to his list of top fours schools released on Twitter Saturday.

The 6-foot-3, 182-pound product out of Flower Mound, Texas has 23 Division I offers in total. He’s the 59th-ranked receiver in the 2021 class according to Rivals.com.

California, LSU, and UCLA round out the rest of his list. Duke, Stanford and TCU were in Sturdivant’s final seven, but were cut.

Sturdivant’s high school teammate and quarterback Garrett Nussmeier committed to LSU in early May.

Oklahoma currently has the No. 26 class in 2021 per Rivals, and recently added one of the top receivers in the class in Mario Williams. Four-star WR Cody Jackson, who is the 35th ranked WR in the class, is also committed to the Sooners. Offensive linemen Cullen Montgomery is the only other offensive commit out of Oklahoma’s seven commitments so far.