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UCLA-USC football transfer site tracker: Who’s in and who’s out?

UCLA kicker/punter Nicholas Barr-Mira is among the Bruins who have announced they are entering the transfer portal.

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P/K Nicholas Barr-Mira

Size: 6-0, 17-0

Class in 2023: Graduate student

Seasons of eligibility remaining: Two

Buzz: Coach Chip Kelly said Barr-Mira would participate in the Sun Bowl after a season in which Barr-Mira proved to be more consistent as a punter than a kicker. He made 15 of 21 field-goal attempts, including a winning 24-yarder against South Alabama, while averaging 41.7 yards per punt.

QB Chase Artopoeous

Size: 6-1, 195

Class in 2023: Graduate student

Seasons of eligibility remaining: Two

Buzz: Having played a handful of snaps in four seasons as a walk-on, Artopoeous is eager to throw his first pass at the college level. He tweeted that he had received offers from Stony Brook and Chattanooga.

DL Hayden Harris

Size: 6-5, 251

Class in 2023: Graduate student

Seasons of eligibility remaining: Two

Buzz: After the Bruins beat out the Colorado School of the Mines for the two-star prospect, Harris made his college debut this season and appeared in three games, logging no statistics.

LB Jeremiah Trojan

Size: 6-2, 219

Class in 2023: Redshirt junior

Seasons of eligibility remaining: Three

Buzz: His role having diminished from a reserve who played in eight games on defense and special teams in 2021 to making no appearances in 2022, Trojan’s departure isn’t much of a surprise. A native of Chandler, Ariz., Trojan tweeted that he had received an offer from Northern Arizona.

LB Eric Osteen

Size: 6-2, 220

Class in 2023: Graduate transfer

Seasons of eligibility remaining: Two

Buzz: Walk-on played briefly against Alabama State this season, his only appearance during his four seasons in the program.

LB Kobey Fitzgerald

Size: 6-0, 215

Class in 2023: Graduate transfer

Seasons of eligibility remaining: One

Buzz: Fitzgerald’s career highlight came in 2020 when he made a tackle for loss against Stanford before playing sparingly over his final two seasons as a Bruin, making only one appearance, against Alabama State.

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