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Wilton Speight's status for UCLA's game against Fresno State remains unclear

Coach Chip Kelly said Monday that graduate transfer Wilton Speight isn’t guaranteed to be the starter once he returns from the back injury that has sidelined him since the opener.

But Dorian Thompson-Robinson doesn’t have any assurances of making a second consecutive start even after his strong showing in Speight’s absence against Oklahoma on Saturday.

Asked if there was a temptation to grow with the true freshman going forward, Kelly said, “Nope. Our temptation is to beat Fresno.”

That would be Fresno State (1-1), the Bruins’ next opponent as they try to avoid their first 0-3 start since the 1971 team dropped its first four games on the way to a 2-7-1 season.