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Jake Bobo establishing his own legacy as UCLA’s highlight-hogging playmaker

LOS ANGELES — Jake Bobo is a lot of things — an emerging force on UCLA’s offense, a cross-country voyager, indifferent to In-N-Out. One thing he is not: the son of former college quarterback Mike Bobo. Well, he is, actually. His father’s name is Mike Bobo. Dad briefly played quarterback in college. There was enough overlap to confuse a television reporter who recently came to Bruins practice ...
UCLA wide receiver Jake Bobo, left, celebrates a 9- yard touchdown reception in the second quarter against South Alabama at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Pasadena, California.

LOS ANGELES — Jake Bobo is a lot of things — an emerging force on UCLA’s offense, a cross-country voyager, indifferent to In-N-Out.

One thing he is not: the son of former college quarterback Mike Bobo.

Well, he is, actually. His father’s name is Mike Bobo. Dad briefly played quarterback in college.

There was enough overlap to confuse a television reporter who recently came to Bruins practice believing Jake was the son of Mike Bobo, one-time Georgia quarterback and longtime college coach who also has a son named Jake.

“Obviously, his dad was an SEC quarterback, he’s been a longtime coordinator …” the reporter said before UCLA coach Chip Kelly cut him off with

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