UCLA QB Collin Schlee enters the transfer portal

The redshirt junior was listed on the Bruins’ spring roster but did not attend the first two public practices this week. He was the Bruins’ third-leading rusher with 425 yards and three touchdowns last season.

UCLA quarterback Collin Schlee will depart Westwood after one season with the Bruins, officially entering his name in the transfer portal on Thursday, according to multiple reports.

The redshirt junior was listed on the Bruins’ spring roster but did not attend the first two public practices this week. Schlee becomes just the second player, along with receiver Kyle Ford, to enter the portal since DeShaun Foster was hired as head coach on Feb. 12.

Schlee transferred in from Kent State and helped form a crowded quarterback room for the 2023 season that featured Ethan Garbers and Dante Moore.

Schlee shared time with the other two quarterbacks and had two starts. His second start was in the L.A. Bowl against Boise State but he only played the first half after suffering an injury before halftime.

Coach Chip Kelly had used Schlee as a running option, and he was the Bruins’ third-leading rusher with 425 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries in seven games played.

He completed just 25 of 47 passes for 217 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Garbers, Justyn Martin, Chase Griffin and Luke Duncan are the only remaining quarterbacks on scholarship listed on the spring roster. Incoming freshmen Henry Hasselbeck and Karson Gordon will join the Bruins for training camp.

Garbers has taken first-team reps to start the week. He completed 98 of 146 passes for 1,136 yards, 11 touchdowns and three interceptions in 2023.

Martin has served as second-team quarterback this week.