A stalwart on the defensive line for four seasons for the UCLA Football team, Eddie Vanderdoes came to UCLA under some scrutiny and a ton of hype. Built like a Mack truck with the quickness of someone 30 lbs. lighter, Vanderdoes started seven games as a freshman in the middle of a UCLA defense that needed his strength and size.
He has struggled, mostly in the offseason, to stay healthy and didn’t have a full healthy offseason until 2015 and looked great in fall camp only to tear his ACL in the season opener.
2016 was a huge rebound year and he came back with 27 total tackles, 1.