UCLA Football Linebacker Adam Cohen Enters NCAA Transfer Portal
Another scout team standout is going portaling.
UCLA football linebacker Adam Cohen has entered the NCAA transfer portal, the veteran announced Tuesday night on Twitter. The Phillips Academy Andover (MA) product is a graduate student with two years of eligibility remaining.
Cohen appeared in eight games over the last four seasons, recording six tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss in his career.
At Phillips Andover, Cohen was a two-time member of the all-league first team and a two-time Defensive Player of the Year after setting the school record for career tackles. Cohen was also a member of the wrestling and track teams.
Cohen committed to UCLA on Feb. 16, 2019, and he arrived in Westwood as a walk-on later that year.
As a true freshman, Cohen played in four games. The 6-foot, 232-pound linebacker from Plainview, New York, had two tackles in the season opener against Cincinnati, plus one more two weeks later versus Oklahoma.
Cohen played two games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, but he did not record a tackle or any other stat.
Although he did not get any game action in 2021, Cohen may have left his biggest impact that season. Cohen earned the Nick "Pac" Pasquale Memorial Award for Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year at UCLA's annual awards banquet, in addition to making the Fall 2021-22 Pac-12 Honor Roll.
Cohen got some in-game snaps again in 2022, with his three-tackle outing against Colorado becoming a career highlight for the linebacker.
The transfer portal was technically open from April 15 to 30, but Cohen is a grad transfer and technically does not have to abide by the designated windows. According to Orange County Register Sports Editor James Williams, Cohen is still participating in spring camp, which is set to end on Friday.
Cohen becomes the third Bruin to enter the portal in the past month, following safety Jelani Warren and linebacker Jake Newman.
Overall, 13 players have left UCLA via the portal in the current cycle. Five of those players didn't initially come to Westwood as scholarship players, though, and many didn't leave any significant statistical impact on the 2022 season.
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