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UCLA Offensive Line Named Semifinalists for Moore Award
November 15, 2022 | Football
NEW YORK, New York — The Foundation for Teamwork revealed on Tuesday that UCLA's offensive line has been selected as one of nine semifinalists for the 2022 Joe Moore Award presented to college football's Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit. The Joe Moore Award has annually presented this unique award since 2015. The other semifinalists include: Air Force, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, and USC.
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UCLA ranks eighth in the nation in rushing offense this season (240.0 average) and the line has paved the way for running back Zach Charbonnet to lead the nation in rushing yards per carry (7.53) and all-purpose yards (176.88) while ranking third in rushing yards per game (143.1). The Bruins are one of six schools in the NCAA FBS averaging over 500 yards of total offense this season (Total Offense – fifth in the NCAA (504.0). UCLA is the only school in the FBS to have recorded at least 2,400 yards rushing and total at least 2,600 yards passing this season and earlier this year racked up 402 yards rushing in a game at Arizona State (most since 2010).
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"There is a noticeable improvement in O-line play this season as compared to what we saw last year," said Cole Cubelic, lead sideline analyst for the SEC Network and the Chairman of the Joe Moore Award voting committee. "It's been a pleasure to watch the effort and resilience of these O-lines over the course of the season, especially since many of them have really risen to the challenge over the last couple of weeks."
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The Joe Moore Award finalists will be named on Tuesday, December 6th. The eventual winner will be recognized in the ensuing weeks during an on campus visit to the winning unit's school.Â
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"Like in years past, and in addition to the extensive film review and voting committee conference calls, we solicited the opinions of dozens of FBS head coaches that had personally faced many of the O-line units under consideration," said Phil Steele, analyst and founder of the popular preseason magazine Phil Steele's College Football Preview. "It's been an honor to be a part of an award that matters so much to the O-line community, and we take that responsibility seriously."
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"Once again the cream is rising to the top, and the committee strongly feels that the common thread with this year's semifinalists is that their level of play has directly translated into the success of their teams," said Aaron Taylor, CBS college football analyst and co-founder of the Joe Moore Award. Taylor played guard at the University of Notre Dame for the award's namesake, the legendary offensive line coach Joe Moore. "The exciting thing this year is that it's still wide open, and these last few weeks will prove to be extremely important, and we can't wait to see which units will be at their best when their best is needed down the stretch."
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UCLA ranks eighth in the nation in rushing offense this season (240.0 average) and the line has paved the way for running back Zach Charbonnet to lead the nation in rushing yards per carry (7.53) and all-purpose yards (176.88) while ranking third in rushing yards per game (143.1). The Bruins are one of six schools in the NCAA FBS averaging over 500 yards of total offense this season (Total Offense – fifth in the NCAA (504.0). UCLA is the only school in the FBS to have recorded at least 2,400 yards rushing and total at least 2,600 yards passing this season and earlier this year racked up 402 yards rushing in a game at Arizona State (most since 2010).
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"There is a noticeable improvement in O-line play this season as compared to what we saw last year," said Cole Cubelic, lead sideline analyst for the SEC Network and the Chairman of the Joe Moore Award voting committee. "It's been a pleasure to watch the effort and resilience of these O-lines over the course of the season, especially since many of them have really risen to the challenge over the last couple of weeks."
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The Joe Moore Award finalists will be named on Tuesday, December 6th. The eventual winner will be recognized in the ensuing weeks during an on campus visit to the winning unit's school.Â
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"Like in years past, and in addition to the extensive film review and voting committee conference calls, we solicited the opinions of dozens of FBS head coaches that had personally faced many of the O-line units under consideration," said Phil Steele, analyst and founder of the popular preseason magazine Phil Steele's College Football Preview. "It's been an honor to be a part of an award that matters so much to the O-line community, and we take that responsibility seriously."
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"Once again the cream is rising to the top, and the committee strongly feels that the common thread with this year's semifinalists is that their level of play has directly translated into the success of their teams," said Aaron Taylor, CBS college football analyst and co-founder of the Joe Moore Award. Taylor played guard at the University of Notre Dame for the award's namesake, the legendary offensive line coach Joe Moore. "The exciting thing this year is that it's still wide open, and these last few weeks will prove to be extremely important, and we can't wait to see which units will be at their best when their best is needed down the stretch."
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