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UCLA’s Jax Wacaser becomes second Bruin to take medical retirement

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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UCLA offensive lineman Jax Wacaser has become the second Bruin in recent days to take a medical retirement because of repeated concussions.

Tight end Jimmy Jaggers announced this week that he was no longer going to play football after sustaining a third concussion as the result of a car accident.

Wacaser, a freshman from Phoenix who did not play last season, said he suffered the fourth concussion of his career during a spring practice. Wacaser, his doctors and family then came to the decision that it would be best to medically retire, he said.

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Wacaser will stay on scholarship and intends to remain at UCLA. Bruin Report Online first reported the news of Wacaser’s retirement.

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Ben Bolch

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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