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Running back Demetric Felton Jr. to return to UCLA for senior season

UCLA running back Demetric Felton (10) carries the ball during a game against Stanford on Oct. 17.
UCLA running back Demetric Felton carries against Stanford on Oct. 17.
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Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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UCLA is getting one of its top playmakers back next season after running back Demetric Felton Jr. confirmed Saturday that he would return for his final college season.

Felton had tweeted a highlight video Friday accompanied by the caption, “2019 was the break out, 2020 we taking over.” The shifty, speedy tailback set a single-season school record with four scoring plays of at least 75 yards in 2019. The redshirt junior’s 55 catches were also a UCLA record for a running back in one season.

Felton was selected a midseason All-American by Associated Press and CBSSports.com and finished the season with 594 yards receiving and four touchdowns to go with 331 yards rushing and one touchdown. He also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against Washington State.

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Felton is a leading candidate to become the Bruins’ primary running back with Joshua Kelley having exhausted his college eligibility after back-to-back seasons of rushing for more than 1,000 yards.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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