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Josh Rosen
Rosen as a true freshman with UCLA in 2015
UCLA Bruins – No. 3
PositionQuarterback
ClassJunior
Personal information
Born: (1997-02-10) February 10, 1997 (age 27)
Manhattan Beach, California
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career history
College
  • UCLA (2015–present)
High schoolBellflower (CA) St. John Bosco
Career highlights and awards

Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen (born February 10, 1997)[1] is an American football quarterback who plays college football for the UCLA Bruins. He was a top-rated recruit coming out of high school, where he was named a 2014 USA Today High School All-American. The first true freshman to ever start at quarterback for the Bruins in a season opener, he was named a Freshman All-American and was honored as the Pac-12 Conference Freshman Offensive Player of the Year in 2015. He is nicknamed "Chosen Rosen" and "the Chosen One."[2][3]

Early years

Rosen was born in Manhattan Beach, California, to Charles Rosen, an orthopedic spine surgeon, and Liz Lippincott, a former journalist.[4] Rosen's father is Jewish and was a nationally ranked ice skater who almost qualified for the Winter Olympics in the 1970s, and his mother is a Quaker who was the captain of the Princeton lacrosse team.[5][6] Rosen had a bar mitzvah and identifies as Jewish, saying in 2016: "In retrospect, being Jewish is a big reason why I should have considered UCLA. Just because of how Jewish Hollywood is, and they really want someone to look up to because they just don't have professional athletes."[7][8]

He grew up playing tennis; at age 12 he was the No. 1-ranked player for his age group in Southern California and top-50 in the country,[9] and he became a top-10 player in junior rankings. He was introduced to football in elementary school by a friend's father who was a youth coach.[10] Right before high school, Rosen switched from tennis to football.[11]

High school career

Rosen attended St. John Bosco High School, a Catholic high school in Bellflower, California, where he had a 4.3 GPA and was accepted into Harvard.[7][12] As a senior, he was named the Los Angeles Times Player of the Year and the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year after passing for 3,186 yards, 29 touchdowns, and four interceptions.[11][13] He was named a 2014 USA Today High School All-American.[14] He was also named the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's Male High School Athlete of the Year.[15] During his playing career, he passed for 11,175 yards and 90 touchdowns.[16]

Rosen was rated by both Rivals.com and Scout.com as a five-star recruit and ranked as the best quarterback in his class.[17][18] Rivals also ranked him as the best overall recruit.[19] He verbally committed to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in March 2014, and officially signed in September.[20][21][22]

College career

An economics major, Rosen began taking classes at UCLA in January 2015; he enrolled early so he could take part in spring practice.[23][10] With three-year starting quarterback Brett Hundley leaving UCLA early for the National Football League (NFL), a large hole was created on the team.[10] Rosen was UCLA's best quarterback during the spring,[24] and he continued to compete during summer camp to be the team's starting quarterback as a true freshman.[10][25][26][27] On August 26, a week after being publicly criticized by head coach Jim Mora, Rosen was named the Bruins' starting quarterback.[24][28][29] He beat out Jerry Neuheisel, who had three years of experience in offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone's up-tempo spread offense, which was similar to the offense Rosen ran in high school. The freshman called Neuheisel "selfless" for helping him during the competition.[30]

UCLA entered the 2015 season ranked No. 13 by the Associated Press and No. 14 in the Coaches Poll.[28] In the season opener, Rosen completed 28 of 35 passes for 351 yards and three touchdowns as UCLA defeated Virginia 34–16,[31] and he became the first true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback for UCLA.[32] He was honored as the Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week.[33] In a 17–9 win over No. 18 Utah, he broke Drew Olson's decade-old school record (199) for consecutive passes without an interception. The victory kept UCLA in contention for the Pac-12 championship entering their regular-season finale against their crosstown rivals, the USC Trojans.[34] However, they lost 40–21 to the Trojans as Rosen turned the ball over three times on a fumble and two interceptions, ending his streak of passes without an interception at 245.[35] He was named the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year and earned Freshman All-American honors from USA Today, Sporting News, and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).[14][32][36][37] He was also named The Sporting News' Freshman of the Year, Pac-12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year (coaches), and Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (AP).[14]

In 2016, Rosen was injured in an October 8 loss to Arizona State Sun Devils, when he threw for a then-career high 400 yards. He missed the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.[38][39] He had surgery on his throwing shoulder to repair soft-tissue damage.[40] UCLA was 3–3 in Rosen's six starts, and he suffered 13 sacks in the shortened season compared to 14 in all of 2015.[38] The Bruins were 1–5 in the final six games without him.[41]

In the 2017 season opener, Rosen completed 35-of-59 passes for 491 yards and four touchdowns to rally UCLA to a 45–44 win over Texas A&M.[42] The Bruins overcame a 34-point deficit, the largest comeback in school history and the second-most ever in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).[a] Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said: "We knew he was smart.... But the thing I was really impressed with was his toughness. We hit him and hit him a lot, and he got better. It's not supposed to work that way … especially in the fourth quarter."[44]

The following week, Rosen was 22-of-25 for 329 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in a 56–23 win over Hawaii. It was the 12th 300-yard game of his career, breaking the school record of 11 set previously by Cade McNown.[45] He reached 2,000 yards for the season in five games, the fastest of any player in UCLA history.[46] After five games, Rosen led the nation in passing yards (2,135), total offense (2,158), and touchdowns (17).[47] On October 4, 2017, CBS Sports published a 2018 mock draft that had the Cleveland Browns selecting Rosen with the No. 1 overall pick.[48] On October 28, in a 44–23 loss against Washington, Rosen was forced out of the game in the third quarter due to a concussion, which he had tried hiding from coaches after being injured on a sack in the game's opening drive.[41][49] He completed 12 of 21 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown, the first passing score the Huskies had surrendered in the Pac-12 all season.[41] After missing one game, Rosen returned to the lineup and threw for 381 yards with one touchdown and also scored on a 1-yard run in a 44–37 win over the Sun Devils.[50] In his first matchup against USC quarterback Sam Darnold, Rosen was 32 of 52 passing for 421 yards along with three touchdowns and an interception in a 28–23 loss to the Trojans. The two passers were among the top prospects for the 2018 NFL draft.[51][52]

Statistics

Updated through November 24, 2017
UCLA Bruins
Season Team GP Comp Att Comp % Yards Avg TD INT RAT
2015 UCLA 13 292 487 60.0 3670 7.5 23 11 134.3
2016 UCLA 6 137 231 59.3 1915 8.3 10 5 138.9
2017 UCLA 10 269 433 62.1 3515 8.1 24 10 144.0

Notes

  1. ^ Michigan State had a 35-point comeback win over Northwestern in 2006.[43]

References

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  2. ^ UCLA Bruins' Josh Rosen is the next great freshman quarterback in college football, following the likes of Johnny Manziel and Jameis Winston
  3. ^ Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen fumbles conference season finale | Daily Bruin
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  5. ^ "Jewish UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen takes heat for saying ‘football and school don’t go together,’" Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  6. ^ "30 under 30: Josh Rosen," Jewish Journal.
  7. ^ a b "Jews in the News: Andy Samberg, Jeffrey Tambor and Jamie Lee Curtis," Tampa Jewish Federation.
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  9. ^ No surprise Bruins hand QB keys to freshman Rosen | FOX Sports
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  14. ^ a b c Josh Rosen - 2015 Football Roster - UCLABruins.com | UCLA Athletics
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  26. ^ "Rosen Arrives As Successor To Hundley". Canyon News. 8 January 2015.
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  40. ^ Bolch, Ben (November 7, 2016). "UCLA QB Rosen has surgery on shoulder, Mora says family is 'overjoyed' at findings". LA Times. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
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  44. ^ UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen is one of a kind - Houston Chronicle
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  47. ^ "UCLA Football: Josh Rosen is standing out and turning heads"
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  49. ^ Bolch, Ben (November 8, 2017). "Jim Mora says 'there's a hidden reality' to UCLA recruits backing out of commitments". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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