Former 4-star QB Asiantii Woulard transferring from UCLA

Former four-star recruit Asiantii Woulard is leaving the UCLA program and will transfer.

UCLA redshirt sophomore quarterback Asiantii Woulard announced on twitter on Wednesday that he is transferring out of the Bruins program and is looking for a new opportunity and playing time elsewhere.

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The 6-3, 210-pound dual-threat quarterback was one of three signal-callers competing in the spring to replace Brett Hundley in the starting lineup. Jerry Neuheisel and true freshman Josh Rosen are ahead of Woulard on the depth chart and his chances of starting or even playing looked remote.

After much thought, I'll be transferring from UCLA. Thankful for the opportunity & great experience, now looking forward to a new beginning.
— Asiantii Woulard (@Asiantii4) June 3, 2015

Woulard’s decision to transfer isn’t a shocking one after UCLA signed Rosen who was the nation’s No. 1 quarterback recruit last year and likely to start as a true freshman, meaning Woulard would have been resigned to holding a clipboard and running the scout team offense in practice.

That’s not what he envisioned when he signed with UCLA as a four-star recruit in the 2013 class when the 247Sports Composite Rankings had him ranked as the nation’s 131 overall recruit and the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback, ahead of notables, Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett, Notre Dame’s Malik Zaire and Arizona’s Anu Solomon.

Coming out of Winter Park high school in Florida, Woulard had scholarship offers from the likes of Florida, Clemson, NC State, UCF, Wisconsin and Kentucky, among others. If he transfers to another FBS program, he will have to sit out this season per NCAA transfer rules, but if he transfers down to a FCS program, he will be eligible to play immediately.

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