Spirited yells filled the chilly morning air as UCLA football players sprinted into orderly rows on the practice field to stretch, their legs and arms moving in unison with military-style precision.
Coach Chip Kelly's first spring practice guiding the Bruins featured plays that were run quickly, often with only a handful of seconds between snaps. Multiple sets of players worked separately on the same field. There was more repetition than inside an autoworkers plant.
In one drill, five quarterbacks lined up about a foot apart before taking snaps and firing passes to different receivers. In another drill, two sets of centers, quarterbacks and running backs lined up opposite one another as the quarterback practiced zone-read plays, either handing the ball off to the running back or keeping it himself and darting up the field.