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UCLA Football: What Jaelan Phillips’ departure means for the Bruins

Sometimes we can’t see what life has in store for us. Sometimes we have a clear path to our goal and sometimes something disrupts us from that goal. That seems to be the case for former UCLA football defensive standout Jaelan Phillips.

Phillips was expected to be one of the more skilled players that would help take the Bruins’ defense to a new level, the only problem is, he couldn’t stay healthy enough to make an impact. Unfortunately, the injuries that he endured have in fact been the cause of his decision to medically retire from football.