Four Bruins Tabbed for Senior Bowl Watch List

The Senior Bowl announced on Wednesday that four Bruins – quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, offensive lineman Jon Gaines II, running back Zach Charbonnet and linebacker Darius Muasau —  have each been named to the Watch List for the annual All-Star game. This year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl is slated to be held on Feb. 4, 2023 in Mobile, Ala.
 
Last season, Thompson-Robinson led the Pac-12 in pass efficiency rating (153.9), total offense (274.4 yards/g), points responsible for (182), passing yards per completion (13.69) and passing yards per pass attempt (8.51). He also rated No. 10 in the Pac-12 in rushing yards per game (55.36). Thompson-Robinson has moved into the Top Five at UCLA in career passing yards, career completions and career TD passes heading into the 2022 campaign. He totaled over 300 yards of offense in 2021 games against Fresno State (345), Arizona State (330), Colorado (355) and USC (395). In that USC contest, he ran for two scores and passed for four more. Thompson-Robinson was named first-team All-Pac-12 by the Associated Press.
 
Gaines II started all 12 games last season along the Bruin offensive line. He handled the first snap as the center in the first two contests of the season and then also started games at tackle and guard during the course of the campaign. Gaines’ blocking efforts helped pave the way for a Bruin rushing attack which averaged 215.1 yards per game and produced a 1,000-yard rusher. The Bruins ranked 14^th nationally in rushing offense and registered back-to-back seasons with 200 yards-plus rushing averages for the first time since the mid-1980’s.
 
Charbonnet led Pac-12 rushers last season with seven 100-yard games on his way to racking up 1,137 yards on the ground. He was No. 2 in the conference in rushing yards per game (94.8) and No. 6 in the league in all-purpose yards per game (111.7). Charbonnet ranked No. 22 in the nation in rushing yards (1,137) and in rushing TDs (13). He had multiple catches in six games and is UCLA’s leading returning receiver (24 catches) for 2022. The Associated Press voted him the 2021 Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year. He was a second-team All-Pac-12 selection by the conference coaches.
 
Muasau, who enrolled at UCLA in January after transferring from Hawai’i, has been named to the first-team All-Mountain West Conference squad the past two…