Bruins Land Another Transfer Tight End

Bob Chesney and UCLA proceed to large wind done nan transportation portal, adding a fewer much commitments to their shot programme connected Tuesday.

One of those caller commits was erstwhile Georgia Tech and Wake Forest tight extremity Harry Lodge, a 6-foot-6, 240-pound redshirt elder who will person 1 twelvemonth of eligibility to usage pinch nan Bruins. Lodge's committedness brings UCLA's transfer people to 50 commits and nan No. 11 wide ranking.

Harry Lodge's Transfer Adventures

Lodge is simply a erstwhile three-star enlistee and standout three-sport jock from Massachusetts. He spent his first 3 seasons of assemblage shot astatine Wake Forest, serving mostly arsenic a blocking tight end/extra violative lineman, but did make 12 catches for 110 yards successful 16 games for nan Demon Deacons.

He concisely transferred to Georgia Tech past wintertime earlier returning to Wake Forest aft outpouring believe but did not look successful immoderate games successful 2025. Lodge was nan No.64-ranked tight extremity successful nan transportation portal and nan No. 1068 wide player.

What Does UCLA Currently Have astatine Tight End

Tight extremity was a position of request for nan Bruins this offseason, pinch 3 leaving nan programme (Hudson Habermehl, Jake Renda, and Jack Pedersen) and 3 others returning pinch constricted experience. With Chesney's usage of 12 unit (two tight ends connected nan section astatine once) and pro-style rushing attack, that simply wasn't enough, nary matter nan experience.

While Chesney's offenses astatine James Madison didn't springiness immoderate tight ends overmuch measurement successful nan passing game, it's still an important and influential position successful his strategy overall.

Harry Lodge is now nan 4th tight extremity that UCLA has added done nan transportation portal, joining Brayden Loftin (Kansas State), Stevie Amar (Boston College), and Josh Phifer (James Madison). The 4 transportation additions besides person constricted accumulation and playing clip passim their careers, but they'll decidedly summation nan competitiveness astatine nan position to get nan astir retired of each individual.

Amar is nan only transportation who has yet to look connected discourtesy successful a assemblage game, playing sparingly connected typical teams arsenic a freshman for Boston College past fall. Meanwhile, Loftin and Phifer are nan astir apt candidates to person an effect connected nan discourtesy owed to their acquisition successful nan passing game. Phifer is besides a carry-over from Chesney's JMU team, truthful he has familiarity moving successful his favor.

Lodge apt fits arsenic a blocker, overmuch arsenic he has played passim his career, pinch a small spot of underrated upside arsenic a receiver.

Ideally, nan veterans brought successful will service arsenic spot holders arsenic nan younger guys proceed to grow, learn, and adjust, but location are still plentifulness of questions to reply astatine tight end. Lodge's summation gives nan caller unit different option.

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