This Latter-day Saint linebacker and former UCLA signee — whom BYU and Utah offered before his mission — re-opens his recruitment
Weston Port, who is currently on a church mission in Spain, signed with UCLA in the 2025 recruiting class.
Will BYU or Utah again recruit Weston Port, who re-opened his recruitment while on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Before his mission, both schools offered the eventual UCLA signee. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News BYU and Utah recruited Weston Port during his high school days before he ultimately signed with UCLA.
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? 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’s home in six and a half months.
✌🏻[posted on behalf of weston port] pic. twitter. com/4U6koRkyO4 — ᴡᴇꜱᴛᴏɴ ᴘᴏʀᴛ (@PortWeston) May 14, 2026 Who is Weston Port?
Port is a 6-foot-1, 225-pound linebacker who prepped at San Juan Hills High in southern Orange County. He was rated a three-star recruit and the No. 69 linebacker nationally in the Class of 2025 in 247 Sports’ composite rankings .