Wilton Speight replaced Dorian Thompson-Robinson at quarterback during UCLA’s game against Arizona at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night after an injury scare.
Thompson-Robinson was sacked on a 2nd-and-5 play early in the second quarter of the game and took a hard fall. An Arizona defender jumped onto his back to tackle him and buried him into the turf.
.@UCLAFootball surpasses Arizona at the half despite an injury to quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. https://t.co/kDcv3xJbsc pic.twitter.com/3En92SX0uE
— Daily Bruin (@dailybruin) October 21, 2018
Thompson-Robinson exited the game and was seen going into the medical tent on the sideline, while Speight entered on the next play.
Thompson-Robinson then went into the locker room for a checkup.
UCLA Bruins quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson heads to the locker room in the 2nd quarter after an injury pic.twitter.com/yMU73xO7qz
— Scott Varley (@VarleyPhoto) October 21, 2018
Speight led a touchdown drive on his second possession that put the Bruins up 17-7. He looked good enough that Chip Kelly stuck with Speight in the second half even though DTR was said to be OK at halftime.
According to @mattjoye's report from the bathroom radio, Chip Kelly said Dorian Thompson-Robinson is "good to go" but Speight will start the second half.
— Thuc Nhi Nguyen (@thucnhi21) October 21, 2018
This was Speight’s first action since he suffered a back injury during the team’s season-opening game against Cincinnati. Speight is a graduate transfer from Michigan playing his first season with the Bruins.
