WATCH: Zach Charbonnet on Return to UCLA Football, Goals For 2022

Charbonnet said part of his decision to rejoin the Bruins was wanting to win a Pac-12 championship.

Sam Connon | Apr 3, 2022

WATCH: Zach Charbonnet on Return to UCLA Football, Goals For 2022 /

UCLA football running back Zach Charbonnet spoke to reporters after the Bruins’ third spring practice Saturday morning. Charbonnet fielded questions about the factors and timeline that played into his decision to return to Westwood over entering the NFL Draft, the new faces he’s been going against on defense in practice and what he sees from young running backs Deshun Murrell and Tomarion Harden.

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Published Apr 3, 2022

SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.