UCLA safety Adarius Pickett says he will return for senior season

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Jan. 4, 2018 7:45 PM PT

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UCLA junior safety Adarius Pickett, who finished second on the team with 85 tackles, announced on Twitter that he was returning for his senior season instead of declaring for the NFL draft.

Pickett also blocked a field goal that helped the Bruins complete a comeback from 34 points down against Texas A&M. He added an interception, three pass breakups and four tackles for loss.

“Bruin Nation we have one more year together,” Pickett wrote. “To my teammates we got some work to do. Letsss Get it.”

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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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