Tag: Karson Gordon

Going deep on UCLA’s quarterback depth in 2025

The Bruins lack experience at quarterback heading into 2025. This could be a wild ride.

Though football season is many months away, the UCLA Bruins are hard at work building their program for 2025. After a bevy of offseason moves along the coaching staff and in the transfer portal, UCLA football head coach DeShaun Foster’s team will look very different in 2025. The most notable shakeup for the 2025 season will be the quarterback position.

After finishing his redshirt senior season, former Bruin Ethan Garbers will no longer be with the program, leaving a significant hole in the lineup. In an up-and-down season with the Bruins, Garbers finished with 2,727 yards on 69.6% passing with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

In addition to Garbers’ departure, the Bruins lost three more quarterbacks. Chase Griffin and Nick Billoups finished their final season of eligibility with the Bruins after the 2024 season. After starting one game last season against Penn State, the Bruins lost Justyn Martin to the transfer portal.

Today, the Bruins have only four remaining quarterbacks on their roster heading into 2025, not including incoming freshmen, none of whom have taken a snap in the Big Ten, let alone the NCAA.  The Bruins quarterback room consists of rising sophomores Henry Hasselbeck, Dermaricus Davis, Karson Gordon, and redshirt sophomore Luke Duncan.

Though the transfer portal could change the Bruins’ fortunes in an instant, at the moment, UCLA has a severe lack of experience at the quarterback position.

As the offseason turns into the preseason for UCLA, the quarterback competition will begin to heat up, and front-runners for the job will emerge.

For newly hired Tino Sunseri, his abilities as both a quarterback coach and offensive coordinator will be tested as he and the coaching staff separate the wheat from the chaff in the UCLA quarterback room.

UCLA freshman QB finishes with silver medal for Team USA at U20 Championships

Karson Gordon was impressive at the U20 World Championships, getting silver in the triple jump.

Karson Gordon, who arrived on campus at UCLA in June is showing he is an elite athlete. He went to the U20 Championships in Lima Peru, and finished with a silver medal for Team USA. His medal came in the triple jump, with a 16.74M. It was a high school national record.

He chose to come to UCLA to give him the chance to compete in two sports, football and track and field. He was a three-star recruit out of high school, and the 19th ranked dual-threat quarterback in the country. Gordon helped his team to a state championship in 4A football. He was also great in 2022 completing 63.2% of his passes for over 2,100 yards and 28 touchdowns.

Gordon came to UCLA from Missouri City Texas, where he went to Episcopal High School. DeShaun Foster allowed Gordon to miss the start of the season, including the trip to Hawaii, to compete and be an all-around athlete.

Foster said this when he was asked about the true freshman missing time:

“I don’t think we’ll have this situation again. I think it’s because of the Olympics and the timing of it right now. So maybe in ’28 again we could have that problem. He’s going to jump here at UCLA and you can’t stop a big-time athlete like that from competing.

The Bruins hope Gordon can rejoin the squad after his return from Lima, but he will likely not see game action in 2024.

Notre Dame football recruiting update after Navy game

The weren’t just busy on the field this weekend against Navy

As the season is coming to a close, the opportunities for Notre Dame to host game day visits continue to dwindle. This past weekend was another opportunity for the Irish football staff to impress recruits and many of the posted about their experience on Twitter. Here is a quick rundown of the recruiting action from this past weekend and includes an little insider info on a recruit from Michigan.