Josh Rosen’s final act as a UCLA quarterback was one of frustration. He slammed his helmet to the Rose Bowl grass while seated on the bench last November during a game against California, fully aware that his season was in jeopardy.
He had just suffered his second concussion in a span of 28 days, threatening his return not just for the second half of the Bruins’ final home game. Rosen soon learned that the repeated concussions would also keep him out of the team’s bowl game a month later.
Coach Chip Kelly recently announced that five players — tailbacks Soso Jamabo and Bolu Olorunfunmi and linebackers Jaelan Phillips, Je’Vari Anderson and Mique Juarez — would miss the rest of the season because of concussions at a time when UCLA had half its schedule left to play.