On Sunday, with UCLA’s overtime loss to Texas A&M still a fresh wound, quarterback Josh Rosen delivered some encouraging news to tight end Caleb Wilson.
“We’re going to get you in the game more,” Wilson, a redshirt freshman, remembers Rosen telling him. “We saw some good things from you.”
Wilson is in his first season with the Bruins after transferring from USC, and he will play a bigger role in UCLA’s (0-1) home opener against UNLV (1-0) on Saturday. UCLA Coach Jim Mora was high on redshirt senior tight end Nate Iese leading up to the season — even likening his hands to those of NFL Hall of Famers Cris Carter and Jerry Rice — but he said after practice Wednesday that Wilson will receive more snaps while Iese sees “a little less time.