Bruin Football Award Banquet Honorees

by gbruin on Dec 14, 2011 8:20 AM PST

The Bruin Football Squad had its annual awards banquet on Monday evening and numerous players were recognized for their efforts during the year.

Nelson Rosario and Patrick Larimore were honored as the Offensive and Defensive MVP's respectively.

Eric Kendricks was named Rookie of the Year.

Joseph Fauria and Andrew Abbott were named Most Improved Players on offensive and defense respectively.

Sean Westgate was honored for Highest Scholarship by a Senior.

Other honorees included Steven Manfro, Kevin McReynolds and Roosevelt Davis (Outstanding Scout Team Players), Kai Maiava and Patrick Larimore (Best Leadership), Brett Hundley and Jacob Brendel (Academic and Athletic Balance), Derrick Coleman and Jeff Locke (Outstanding Special Teams Players), Cory Harkey and Sean Westgate (Outstanding Senior of the Year), and Cory Harkey again (Heart Award).

The entire list and bios of our MVP's can be seen on Jon Gold's Inside UCLA blog.

Congrats to these Bruins and to the entire squad for all their efforts during an up and down season for U.C.L.A. Football. Here's to more ups for the team at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl and moving forward.

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interesting choices

I thought Derrick Coleman hands down was the offensive MVP of this team. Defensively I would have gone with Andrew Abbott.

by Nestor on Dec 14, 2011 9:31 AM PST reply actions

Tough to not give the offensive award to a 1000+ yard receiver.

First time since Bragg.

I wouldn’t have given a Defensive MVP Award at all, personally. But I’d probably lean towards Abbot. I think Larimore won it in the title game with the pick-6. I thought he underachieved more than any other LB this year, but that’s just the way I saw it.

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by IE Angel on Dec 14, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions

I'd give it to Tevan McDonald

His production compared to his playing time was amazing.

Offensively, I don’t think Rosario was the best option due to his lack of intensity. He could have had maybe half again as many yards had he put out on every play.

by impaulv on Dec 14, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions

Teams really picked on McDonald this year.

He played his ass off, no doubt. And delivered some big time plays. But he was a big reason why our D was so bad on 3rd down. Partially scheme, but he was just a step late to converge on the receiver on 3rd downs.

Granted, he’d be in my top 3 of Defensive MVP choices on this team (not saying a ton); but I completely understand why he was overlooked here.

"I have one word for you...Be careful."
-Jose Guillen

by IE Angel on Dec 14, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions