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UCLA Football Linebacker Jake Newman Enters Transfer Portal

The safety-turned-linebacker is leaving the Bruins midway through spring camp as the transfer portal continues to heat up.

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Another member of the Bruins' scout team is leaving Westwood.

UCLA football linebacker Jake Newman has entered the NCAA transfer portal, he announced Thursday on Twitter. Newman is the second Bruin to enter the portal since the start of spring camp, joining safety Jelani Warren, who entered back on April 5.

Newman has three years of eligibility remaining, thanks to one redshirt season and an extra year of COVID-19 eligibility.

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Newman was a three-star recruit coming out of St. John Bosco (CA) in 2020, and he was one of three players from his high school to join the Bruins that offseason. Before he committed to UCLA, Newman had additional offers from Duke, Colorado, Penn State, Louisville, Nevada, Michigan, Colorado State, Oregon State, San Diego State and Missouri.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound prospect arrived in Westwood as a safety, but didn't take the field in either of his first two seasons. Newman eventually made the change to linebacker, and he was credited with one assisted tackle against Utah on Oct. 8, 2022.

A total of 10 players left the Bruins via the transfer portal between Dec. 5 and Jan. 18. The winter dead period ended on April 15, though, and the portal will remain open until April 30.

Last year, linebacker Caleb Johnson, defensive lineman Odua Isibor and safety Elisha Guidry all entered the portal during spring camp.

The back end of the linebacker corps has been thinned out a bit by the portal this offseason, with Newman joining Erich Osteen, Jeremiah Trojan and Erich Osteen. Inside linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. has brought in plenty of reinforcements, though, in the form of Cal transfer Oluwafemi Oladejo and four freshmen – four-star Tre Edwards, three-star Solomone Malafu, three-star Ty Lee and three-star Donavyn Pellot.

Click here to check out All Bruins' 2023 transfer portal tracker

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Sam Connon
SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.

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