This Latter-day Saint linebacker and former UCLA signee — whom BYU and Utah offered before his mission — re-opens his recruitment

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.

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. Rivals had Port ranked as a four-star recruit.

Port held more than two dozen scholarship offers from Power Four conference schools, according to 247 Sports, before committing to UCLA.

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’s dismissal).

Could BYU and Utah recruit Port again?

During his high school recruitment, both the Cougars and Utes offered a scholarship to Port.

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.