BYU and Utah recruited Weston Port during his high school days before he ultimately signed with UCLA.<\/p>\n
Will the Cougars and Utes do so again now that Port, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has said he will re-open his recruitment once he returns home from his two-year church mission?<\/p>\n
Port, a San Juan Capistrano, California, native who signed with UCLA in the 2025 recruiting class prior to his mission, is currently serving in Spain. In a statement shared on social media Thursday, Port said he will seek a new college once he\u2019s home in six and a half months.<\/p>\n
Who is Weston Port?<\/p>\n
Port is a 6-foot-1, 225-pound linebacker who prepped at San Juan Hills High in southern Orange County.<\/p>\n
He was rated a three-star recruit and the No. 69 linebacker nationally in the Class of 2025 in 247 Sports\u2019 composite rankings<\/a>. Rivals had Port ranked as a four-star recruit.<\/p>\n Port held more than two dozen scholarship offers from Power Four conference schools, according to 247 Sports, before committing to UCLA.<\/p>\n Since Port signed with the Bruins, though, the program has undergone a head coaching change, with Bob Chesney replacing DeShaun Foster (Tim Skipper served as interim coach for nine games during the 2025 season after Foster\u2019s dismissal).<\/p>\n Could BYU and Utah recruit Port again?<\/p>\n During his high school recruitment, both the Cougars and Utes offered a scholarship to Port.<\/p>\n Utah is also under a new head coach, Morgan Scalley, though he was the defensive coordinator under Kyle Whittingham when the program originally recruited Port.<\/p>\n