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Jersey Number 20
Kain Medrano
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Pueblo, Colo.
- High School:
- Pueblo East HS
Bio
Career Highlights
โข All-Big Ten honoree (Third Team - 2024)
โข All-Pac-12 honoree (Honorable Mention - 2023)
โข 3-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
Career Summary
Started 26 of 50 games played across six seasons (2019-2024) with Bruins ... recorded 196 total tackles (123-73-196), 21.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, three interceptions, five forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered.
2024
Team captain started all 12 games played by UCLA โฆ piled up 72 total tackles (50-22-72), 11 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovered, four pass breakups and four quarterback hurries โฆ his three forced fumbles led Bruins and his two interceptions were tied for team high โฆ earned All-Big Ten Defense Third Team acclaim from league coaches; also received Honorable Mention recognition from media โฆ picked up Bobby Field UCLA Captains Award at year-end team banquet โฆ had five or more total tackles in nine games โฆ piled up eight total tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, one quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Fresno State (Nov. 30) โฆ logged team-high nine total tackles, two TFL, half a sack and added a strip and recovery versus Iowa (Nov. 8); also had forced fumbles against USC (Nov. 23) and in season opener at Hawaiโi (Aug. 31) โฆ posted 38-yard pick-six in opening moments of second half at Nebraska (Nov. 2) โฆ totaled nine tackles and three TFL versus Indiana (Sept. 14) โฆ named to Reeseโs Senior Bowl preseason watch list โฆ selected to East-West Shrine Bowl 1000.
2023
Starter in all 13ย games ... earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention recognition ... finished second on team in total tackles (56) ... credited with at least four stops in nineย games; had season-high 10 at Utah ... posted season-best 2.5 tackles for loss at Utah, including pair of sacks ... had seven tackles versus Coastal Carolina ... logged six stops against Colorado ... recorded four tackles, including a tackle for loss, in LA Bowl win against Boise State.
2022
Saw action in nine games and started against Bowling Green ... had multiple tackles in seven games ... posted season-best nine tackles, including one for loss, at Oregon ... had seven stops and an interception against USC ... recorded five tackles and key forced fumble at California.
2021
Saw action in 10 games as reserve inside linebacker and on special teams ... had multiple tackles in seven games with season-high four stops against both Fresno State and Arizona ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2020
Saw action in five games ... posted season-high two stops against Stanford ... also credited with tackles at Colorado and at Arizona State ... registered two pass breakups ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2021.
2019
Saw action on special teams in final game of season against California ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2019 ... enrolled at UCLA in June 2019.
High School
Three-star recruit according to 247Sports, Rivals.com and ESPN.com โฆ No. 10 recruit in the state of Colorado according to Rivals.com โฆ No. 13 prospect in the state according to ESPN.com โฆ As a senior, he caught 66 passes for 1,211 yards and 21 touchdowns โฆ On defense, he made 80 tackles, nine tackles for loss and six interceptions โฆ In his junior season, he made 37 receptions for 721 yards and nine touchdowns ... Team won the 3A State championship in his sophomore and junior seasons ... Named All-State following his junior and senior years ... Steinmark Award winner in 2019 as the top male student-athlete in Colorado ... Also lettered in basketball and track and field (shot put, discus, relays) ... Won the discus and relays as a senior and captured the shot and discus events at the state meet as a junior.
โข All-Big Ten honoree (Third Team - 2024)
โข All-Pac-12 honoree (Honorable Mention - 2023)
โข 3-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2022)
Career Summary
Started 26 of 50 games played across six seasons (2019-2024) with Bruins ... recorded 196 total tackles (123-73-196), 21.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, three interceptions, five forced fumbles and two fumbles recovered.
2024
Team captain started all 12 games played by UCLA โฆ piled up 72 total tackles (50-22-72), 11 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovered, four pass breakups and four quarterback hurries โฆ his three forced fumbles led Bruins and his two interceptions were tied for team high โฆ earned All-Big Ten Defense Third Team acclaim from league coaches; also received Honorable Mention recognition from media โฆ picked up Bobby Field UCLA Captains Award at year-end team banquet โฆ had five or more total tackles in nine games โฆ piled up eight total tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, one quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Fresno State (Nov. 30) โฆ logged team-high nine total tackles, two TFL, half a sack and added a strip and recovery versus Iowa (Nov. 8); also had forced fumbles against USC (Nov. 23) and in season opener at Hawaiโi (Aug. 31) โฆ posted 38-yard pick-six in opening moments of second half at Nebraska (Nov. 2) โฆ totaled nine tackles and three TFL versus Indiana (Sept. 14) โฆ named to Reeseโs Senior Bowl preseason watch list โฆ selected to East-West Shrine Bowl 1000.
2023
Starter in all 13ย games ... earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention recognition ... finished second on team in total tackles (56) ... credited with at least four stops in nineย games; had season-high 10 at Utah ... posted season-best 2.5 tackles for loss at Utah, including pair of sacks ... had seven tackles versus Coastal Carolina ... logged six stops against Colorado ... recorded four tackles, including a tackle for loss, in LA Bowl win against Boise State.
2022
Saw action in nine games and started against Bowling Green ... had multiple tackles in seven games ... posted season-best nine tackles, including one for loss, at Oregon ... had seven stops and an interception against USC ... recorded five tackles and key forced fumble at California.
2021
Saw action in 10 games as reserve inside linebacker and on special teams ... had multiple tackles in seven games with season-high four stops against both Fresno State and Arizona ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2022.
2020
Saw action in five games ... posted season-high two stops against Stanford ... also credited with tackles at Colorado and at Arizona State ... registered two pass breakups ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Spring 2021.
2019
Saw action on special teams in final game of season against California ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2019 ... enrolled at UCLA in June 2019.
High School
Three-star recruit according to 247Sports, Rivals.com and ESPN.com โฆ No. 10 recruit in the state of Colorado according to Rivals.com โฆ No. 13 prospect in the state according to ESPN.com โฆ As a senior, he caught 66 passes for 1,211 yards and 21 touchdowns โฆ On defense, he made 80 tackles, nine tackles for loss and six interceptions โฆ In his junior season, he made 37 receptions for 721 yards and nine touchdowns ... Team won the 3A State championship in his sophomore and junior seasons ... Named All-State following his junior and senior years ... Steinmark Award winner in 2019 as the top male student-athlete in Colorado ... Also lettered in basketball and track and field (shot put, discus, relays) ... Won the discus and relays as a senior and captured the shot and discus events at the state meet as a junior.
Personal
Son of Alexa and Mark Medrano โฆ has one younger sister โฆ his biggest thrill was winning high school state championships in sophomore and junior seasons โฆ lists the NFL's Odell Beckham Jr. as the famous athlete he most admires ... majored in African American studies.
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