A few months from now, it might not be remembered for the swarm of defenders populating UCLA’s backfield or the 42 unanswered points the Bruins allowed in a blowout loss to the nation’s sixth-ranked team.
His name is Dorian Thompson-Robinson, and he gamely absorbed all that went wrong Saturday at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in his first career start.
When his defense gave up touchdowns, he walked back onto the field with the same resoluteness to get one of his own.
When the game ended and the scoreboard showed Oklahoma 49, UCLA 21, he reflected on how much he had already grown as a true freshman making only his second college appearance.