Ex-Michigan QB Wilton Speight indicates he’s moving to UCLA
Thu., April 12, 2018
LOS ANGELES – Former Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight has indicated on social media that he is transferring to UCLA.
Speight posted a short video on his Instagram account Thursday night showing the Rose Bowl and the UCLA logo, along with the words: “new chapter.”
Speight could play immediately for coach Chip Kelly’s Bruins as a graduate transfer.
Speight started for Michigan for the past two seasons. He passed for 2,538 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2016, but was sidelined for the season last fall after four games with three broken vertebrae.
UCLA must replace three-year starting quarterback Josh Rosen this fall on Kelly’s first team in Westwood. Speight joins a pool of candidates including Devon Modster and incoming freshman Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
Local journalism is essential.
Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds.
Subscribe to the sports newsletter
Get the day’s top sports headlines and breaking news delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.