The UCLA Bruins football program continues to cast a wide net in the transfer portal. After landing Florida A&M EDGE Cherif Seye, the Bruins also hosted Nebraska linebacker Chief Borders, per Steve Wiltfong of On3.
Borders is a late addition to the portal and has two years of eligibility remaining, so it could be a good fit for UCLA.
Borders was at Florida previously and spent two years with the Gators before going to Nebraska, and now he enters the portal again.
Coming out of high school, Borders had offers from a lot of programs, including Arkansas, Auburn, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Oregon,
So, UCLA being able to add Borders would be a terrific get for the defense. With UCLA going to the Big Ten, there is a scenario where Borders stays in the same conference and gets an uptick in usage in Westwood.
Former Nebraska LB Chief Borders is visiting UCLA this weekend.
Going into the recent Red-White spring game, Borders was one of the five defensive players to watch, according to Husker Online’s Robin Washut.
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