2013 UCLA Football Media Guide

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#20

JUSTIN COMBS

#98

SEALI'I EPENESA

Cornerback RFr. • 5-7 • 170 New Rochelle, NY Iona Prep

Nose Tackle Sr. • 6-1 • 310 Waipahu, HI Iolani

UCLA - Gained experience while working on the scout teams each week in practice last season. 2012 - Did not see game action in his first year in the program and will have four seasons of eligibilty remaining. HIGH SCHOOL - Played at Iona Prep for coach Victor Quinlo ... A two-star recruit according to scout.com and the No. 132 cornerback in the nation … Two-stars according to rivals.com … Ranked No. 5 prospect in the state of New York by SuperPrep … Three-star recruit according to ESPN and the No. 7 prospect in New York … Looked upon as a cornerback in college, but was the starting quarterback as a senior … Completed 46 of 74 passes for 614 yards and four touchdowns with four interceptions … Rushed 61 times for 196 yards and four touchdowns … Had 45 tackles and made one interception ... Was an all-league, all-city, all-state and All-American performer in high school. PERSONAL - Full Name: Justin Dior Combs ... Born: December 30, 1993 in Mount Vernon, NY ... Father is music mogul and entrepreneur Sean Combs ... Mother is Misa Hylton ... Has two brothers - Niko Brim and Christian Combs ... Has four sisters - Madison Brim, Jessie Combs, D'lila Combs and Chance Combs ... His biggest athletic thrill was scoring a game-winning touchdown ... Admires Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick ... Likes to dance ... Chose UCLA because he loved the program, campus and tradition ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2012 ... Undeclared major.

COLBY CYBURT

#58

Career Highs

Offensive Tackle RFr. • 6-3 • 265 San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Mission Viejo

Tackles - 5 at Cal, 2012 Tackles for Loss: 1.0 vs. Washington State, 2011

TACKLE STATISTICS - S. EPENESA

UCLA - Saw limited action in his first spring practice as he worked through health issues. 2012 - Did not see game action in his first season in the program. HIGH SCHOOL - Played three varsity seasons as a left tackle at Mission Viejo HS for coach Bob Johnson ... A three-star recruit according to scout.com … Rated as scout.com’s No. 50 offensive tackle in the nation … Three-star rivals.com recruit who is ranked as the No. 48 offensive tackle in the country … No. 57 prospect in California according to rivals.com … SuperPrep’s No. 49 recruit in the CA/NV/HI region … ESPN three-star performer who is the No. 79 prospect in California and No. 89 offensive tackle in the nation … A National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete ... As a senior, he served as team captain ... Named ESPN All-Western United States first team ... All-CIF Pac-5 Division performer at offensive line … Named to MaxPrep’s Division I All-State team … Earned Player of the Game honors in LaQuinta, Tesoro, Santa Margarita games ... All-South Coast League selection at offensive line who helped team advance to the CIF-SS Pac-5 title game and an unbeaten league record as a junior ... Named to the Principal's Honor Roll all four years. PERSONAL - Full Name: Colby Michael Cyburt … Born: July 10, 1993 in Laguna Hills, CA… Parents: Phil Cyburt, Ron Schreiber and Darla Schreiber … Dad, Phil, was selected in the 1977 MLB player draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates ... Step-dad, Ron, played in the World Football League ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as playing for the CIF Championship in Angels Stadium of Anaheim ... Lists the NFL's Joe Thomas as the athlete he admires the most … Hobbies include lifting weights, playing basketball and hanging out with friends ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall and Winter 2013 ... Interested in a business or economics major and a possible career in real estate ... Undeclared major. 2013 UCLA FOOTBALL

UCLA - Became the starter at nose tackle in 2012 after gaining valuable experience in his first two seasons in the program. 2012 - Saw action in all 14 games, with 10 starts ... Made his first career start at Rice ... Made 21 tackles on the season, with a best of five stops at Cal ... Collected four tackles vs. Oregon State ... Had three stops each at Rice and vs. Stanford. 2011 - Saw action in eight games off the bench and on special teams ... Made one tackle at Oregon State ... Had three tackles at Stanford ... Made two stops vs. Washington State, 1.0 for loss ... One tackle at Arizona. 2010 - Saw action in seven games off the bench ... Made his first appearance in the Stanford contest and had one tackle assist ... Also saw action at Texas, but did not play versus WSU, at Cal, at Oregon or against Arizona ... Played off the bench against Oregon State and Washington ... Credited with one solo tackle at Arizona State ... Saw action against USC, but was not credited with a tackle. HIGH SCHOOL - Played football at Honolulu, HI 'Iolani HS for coach Wendell Look ... Ranked No. 50 defensive tackle nationally by scout.com ... PrepStar All-Region selection ... Rated No. 53 player in CA/NV/HI region by SuperPrep ... Rated No. 77 defensive tackle by ESPN.com ... Rated No. 7 player in Hawaii by scout.com and No. 14 by rivals.com ... No. 70 player in the West (scout.com) ... Made 82 tackles, including 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss ... Earned three stars from scout.com and rivals.com ... Named Interscholastic League Honolulu Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. PERSONAL - Full Name: Seali'i Apefa'i Siania Epenesa … Born: March 25, 1992… Parents: Seali'i Epenesa, Jr. and Feagaimaleata Donna Siania Epenesa ... Has no brothers or sisters … Hobbies include hanging out with family and watching movies ... History major.

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Year 2010 2011 2012 Totals

TT 2 7 21 30

MEDIA GUIDE

T-AT 1-1 6-1 14-7 21-9

Sacks 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

TFL 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 1.0-3

INT (Td) 0 0 0 0


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