Jaylen Petty committed to UCLA, giving the Bruins another transfer guard as the portal opens up a new round of roster movement. The former Texas Tech freshman point guard is joining a program that has already added two other transfers this month.
Petty has three years of collegiate eligibility remaining and arrives after a freshman season in which he averaged 9.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 30.5 minutes per game for Texas Tech. He shot 40.6% from the floor, 37.5% from 3-point range and 77.1% from the free-throw line while starting 22 of 33 games.
The 6-foot-1, 170-pound guard is rated a four-star prospect in the 2026 transfer portal class and is listed as the No. 13 point guard and No. 58 player overall in the On3 Transfer Portal Rankings. He originally signed with Texas Tech in the 2025 recruiting cycle as a three-star prospect out of Rainier Beach High in Seattle, Washington, where he was rated the top player in Washington, the No. 23 point guard and the No. 174 player overall in the Rivals Industry Ranking.
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Petty’s move, reported by On3’s Joe Tipton, makes him UCLA’s third transfer commitment since the portal opened at midnight April 6. Former Auburn power forward Filip Jovic and former Mississippi State small forward Sergej Macura both committed on April 9, while former UCLA point guard Skyy Clark entered the portal last Tuesday.
The addition gives UCLA a young backcourt piece after the Bruins earned a second straight No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, beat No. 10-seed UCF, 75-71, in the opening round and then lost to national runner-up UConn, 73-57, in the Round of 32. Petty is the kind of transfer who can help reshape that rotation quickly, and UCLA is not done building yet.
