LOS ANGELES — Garrett DiGiorgio ditched the scooter two years ago. Almost every student athlete has one, trips back and forth from the Westwood Village to campus, made simpler with the zip of an electric scooter.

But as the hefty 6-foot-7 offensive lineman’s career at UCLA began to wind down, he didn’t want the expediency of effortless transportation. Relishing Westwood was top of mind for the redshirt senior, the longest-tenured starter on the Bruins, as he gazed up at the brickwork of Royce Hall or Kaplan Hall, meticulously crafted buildings at the heart of UCLA’s North campus that he called his “favorite thing on campus.”

Suddenly, the moments when DiGiorgio spent extra time in the center of Bunche Hall – which houses the Oak Hills native’s geology and geography courses – became his s

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