Tight end Jimmy Jaggers announced this week that he was no longer going to play football after sustaining a third concussion as the result of a car accident.
Wacaser, a freshman from Phoenix who did not play last season, said he suffered the fourth concussion of his career during a spring practice. Wacaser, his doctors and family then came to the decision that it would be best to medically retire, he said.
Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing.