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Texas hosts UCLA transfer LB Caleb Johnson

Does the NCAA transfer portal have a circular feature?

That’s the operative question this week as the Texas Longhorns host UCLA Bruins transfer linebacker Caleb Johnson on a visit.

If the name sounds familiar, it should — Johnson signed with the Longhorns out of junior college as a member of the 2019 recruiting class, enrolling early for spring practice and making it through the first four games of the season that fall before entering the portal without logging a snap in burnt orange and white.

The 6’1, 230-pounder from California landed at UCLA, where he started all seven games in 2020, leading the Bruins with 44 tackles and 5.