There was some comforting familiarity when UCLA Coach Jim Mora reviewed footage of his defense from the Bruins’ season opener.
He liked what he saw from No. 11.
“He looked fast, explosive, exciting, dynamic,” Mora said of a player making his college debut against Texas A&M.
Keisean Lucier-South gladly accepted the attributes that had long applied to Anthony Barr, his numerical predecessor. He hadn’t always wanted to share that number.
Lucier-South wore No. 16 at Orange Lutheran High but couldn’t keep it at UCLA because it was retired, having once belonged to Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Gary Beban.