Sciarra to Transfer to Wagner

By Steve Henson

Jan. 31, 2004 12 AM PT

The exodus of UCLA players continued Friday when reserve quarterback John Sciarra announced he would transfer to Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., after the spring quarter.

Sciarra, a redshirt sophomore in 2003, played behind Drew Olson and Matt Moore last season and did not throw a pass. In 2002, he completed five of 12 passes for 75 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Sciarra, son of former Bruin All-American John Sciarra, has two years of eligibility remaining and can play next season because Wagner is a Division 1-AA school.

In addition to Sciarra, Moore, tailback Tyler Ebell, receiver Tab Perry and cornerback Matt Ware have all left UCLA since the end of the season for various reasons.

Olson will be the only experienced quarterback next season. Walk-on Brian Callahan also returns and UCLA will bring in junior college transfer David Koral and freshman Patrick Cowan.

-- Steve Henson

UCLA Sports

Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

Sciarra to Transfer to Wagner

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