UCLA adds transfer quarterback Colson Yankoff

Staff Writer

June 4, 2019 3:46 PM PT

UCLA bolstered its quarterback depth Tuesday by announcing on Twitter the addition of Colson Yankoff, a redshirt freshman from Washington who sat out last season.

The 6-foot-4, 209-pound Yankoff will be eligible after sitting out the 2019 season to satisfy transfer rules. He was a highly rated dual-threat quarterback coming out of Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) High but did not play during his first college season while stuck in a roster logjam with the Huskies.

UCLA will enter next season with only three quarterbacks after Matt Lynch moved to tight end and Josiah Norwood to receiver. Sophomore Dorian Thompson-Robinson is the presumed starter, with redshirt sophomore Austin Burton and freshman Chase Griffin the backups.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

UCLA adds transfer quarterback Colson Yankoff

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