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Chip Kelly names Ethan Garbers UCLA's starting quarterback, but adds others will play

UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers, left, will start the season opener, but coach Chip Kelly said Dante Moore, center, and Collin Schlee, right, will also get snaps.

Old reliable won. But the kid stays in the picture. And so does the transfer.

In an unprecedented move for Chip Kelly, the UCLA coach on Monday awarded redshirt junior Ethan Garbers the starting quarterback role while saying that true freshman Dante Moore and transfer Collin Schlee would also play in the season opener against Coastal Carolina.

Kelly said Garbers, who spent the last two seasons as Dorian Thompson-Robinson's backup, would start by virtue of having the most experience in the Bruins' offense. But Moore and Schlee will also take turns directing that

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