When the East-West Shrine Bowl takes place, the best college players in the world get together in front of 32 scouts from the National Football League. The 100th East-West Shrine Bowl will take place on January 30th, 2025 from AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The 2024 UCLA Bruins saw 11 players get added to the 2025 watchlist.
First, on the defensive side, senior nose tackle Jay Toia leads the list. Toia was a popular interview at Big Ten media day last week. Defensive lineman Drew Tuazama, who came over from South Carolina is on the list. Free Safety, redshirt senior Bryan Addison is also from the defense on the list. Linebacker Kain Medrano and middle linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo sit on the list as well. Finally, cornerback Devin Kirkwood, entering his senior season rounds out the defense.
On the offensive side, quarterback Ethan Garbers headlines the list. He is teammates up with receiver J. Michael Sturdivan. Tight end Bryce Pierre also made the list, despite being behind Moliki Matavao on the early depth chart. The big uglies up front for UCLA go underlooked, but left tackle Reuben Unije and left guard Spencer Holstege made the list.
11 Bruins have been named to the 2025 @ShrineBowl 1000 watchlist 👀#DoMore #DRE pic.twitter.com/UO4rtUHk8f
— UCLA Football (@UCLAFootball) July 30, 2024
As mentioned before, the 2024 Bruins will start their season August 31st on the road at Hawaii.