The Chip Kelly era at UCLA will begin with Wilton Speight at quarterback.
Speight, a graduate transfer from Michigan, will start for the Bruins in Kelly's coaching debut Saturday against Cincinnati, the team announced Thursday afternoon. Speight won the job over redshirt sophomore Devon Modster and true freshman Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Kelly said earlier this week that the three had separated themselves from redshirt sophomore Matt Lynch, redshirt freshman Austin Burton and freshman walk-on Josiah Norwood.
Speight started 16 games for Michigan and appeared in 23, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors in 2016.