The NFL's 2022 regular season wrapped up with a full slate of games in Week 18. Seventeen former UCLA standouts were in action, with others preparing to turn another page toward the postseason.
Wild Card Weekend starts Saturday. Nine Bruins were listed on active rosters of teams destined for the playoffs during Week 18: TE Devin Asiasi (Cincinnati Bengals), LB Anthony Barr (Dallas Cowboys), OL Jake Brendel (San Francisco 49ers), CB Darnay Holmes (New York Giants), QB Brett Hundley (Baltimore Ravens), RB Joshua Kelley (Los Angeles Chargers), LB Eric Kendricks (Minnesota Vikings), DB Fabian Moreau (New York Giants) and DT Osa Odighizuwa (Dallas Cowboys).
Listed on practice squads and reserve/injured lists of postseason-bound teams during the final week of the regular season were the following UCLA representatives: T Alec Anderson (Buffalo Bills), DT Eli Ankou (Buffalo Bills), CB Qwuantrezz Knight (San Francisco 49ers), LB Takk McKinley (Dallas Cowboys), DL Otito Ogbonnia (Los Angeles Chargers) and QB Josh Rosen (Minnesota Vikings).
• Krys Barnes, LB, Green Bay Packers – Barnes turned in three total tackles against Detroit. He finished the season with 29 stops, including one sack.
• Barr, LB, Dallas Cowboys – Barr made six total tackles in a starting role at Washington.
Up next: NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend – Monday, Jan. 16 at Tampa Bay (5:15 p.m. PT on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN+)
• Kenny Clark, DL, Green Bay Packers – Starter Clark registered one tackle and a quarterback hurry versus Detroit. Across 17 games, he logged 53 total tackles, four sacks, one fumble forced and a fumble recovered.
• Matt Dickerson, DE, Atlanta Falcons – Dickerson registered four total tackles and one quarterback hurry in a win against Tampa Bay. He made 12 stops in six games played.
• Ka'imi Fairbairn, K, Houston Texans – In a 32-31 victory at Indianapolis, Fairbairn made his only field-goal attempt (37 yards), converted each of his three extra-point tries and added two touchbacks. He made 29 of 31 field goals with no misses in the final 11 games. Each of Fairbairn's six attempts from 50-59 yards was good.
• Myles Jack, LB, Pittsburgh Steelers – Jack contributed four total tackles to a win versus Cleveland. He eclipsed 100 stops for the fourth time in his career during the 2022 campaign, finishing with 104. Jack also had three passes defensed.
• Kelley, RB, Los Angeles Chargers – Kelley ran five times for 18 yards and turned his only catch into a five-yard gain at Denver.
Up next: NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend – Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. Jacksonville (5:15 p.m. PT on NBC)
• Kendricks, LB, Minnesota Vikings – Starter Kendricks posted three total tackles in a victory at Chicago.
Up next: NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend – Sunday, Jan. 15 vs. New York Giants (1:30 p.m. PT on FOX)
• Quentin Lake, S, Los Angeles Rams – Lake piled up seven defensive tackles – including one sack – and one special teams stop at Seattle. He also had a pass defensed to complete his rookie season, during which he made 10 tackles in nine games.
• Odighizuwa, DT, Dallas Cowboys – Starter Odighizuwa racked up seven total tackles – including two for negative yardage and one sack – and had a quarterback hurry at Washington.
Up next: NFL Playoffs Wild Card Weekend – Monday, Jan. 16 at Tampa Bay (5:15 p.m. PT on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN+)
• Matthew Slater, WR, New England Patriots – Slater assisted on one special teams tackle at Buffalo, completing his 15th professional season.
• OL Brendel (San Francisco 49ers), C Andre James (Las Vegas Raiders), TE Marcedes Lewis (Green Bay Packers), OL Conor McDermott (New England Patriots), T Kolton Miller (Las Vegas Raiders) and OL Scott Quessenberry (Houston Texans) also played, but did not record and statistics.
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