Former UCLA quarterback T.J. Millweard, a member of the 2012 recruiting class, committed to Kansas on Thursday, one day after visiting campus and attending practice.

Millweard, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound pro-style passer who did not play during his lone season at UCLA, will sit out the 2013 season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules and will have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning in 2014. He becomes the third high-profile quarterback to transfer to Kansas since KU coach Charlie Weis arrived in December of 2012, joining Heaps (BYU) and 2012 starter Dayne Crist (Notre Dame).

In interviews with the Los Angeles media, Millweard said he decided to leave UCLA because it no longer felt like the right fit. Millweard grew up in the Midwest and went to high school in Fort Worth, Texas. He was granted a release by UCLA coach Jim Mora Jr. earlier this week.

“He just didn’t feel like this was the place for him right now,” Mora told Bruin Sports Report on Monday. “You know, I want these kids to be happy and successful. I love T.J. I think he’s a super human being and fine young man. Got a great family. But I want him to be happy. If he thinks he can be happy somewhere else then that’s fine.”

Millweard, who was ranked as the 23rd-best quarterback prospect in the nation in the Class of 2012, told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com that he planned to head home to Texas for the weekend and hoped to be back in Lawrence in time to start school and practice Monday.

With good size and a strong arm, Millweard appears to fit the profile of many of the quarterbacks Weis has coached in the past.

“I’m a pass-first type of quarterback,” Millweard told Kirby. “I want to get the ball into the play-makers’ hands. The guys that make plays are the receivers and running backs. So that’s what I want to do. But if it is third-and-10 and we have to keep the chains moving, I will keep the ball and go for the first down. I’m just excited to get to Kansas and help prepare the team to win any way I can.”

Weis the resource

For many members of the KU football team, the F position currently manned by running backs Tony Pierson and Brandon Bourbon is a new wrinkle to the offense. But for the KU manager who happens to have the same name as the head coach, the ins and outs of the F-back spot are familiar. Because of that, Charlie Weis Jr. has served as quite a resource for the Jayhawks trying to learn the new role in the Kansas offense.

“The good thing that we have going for us is we have Junior,” KU running backs coach Reggie Mitchell said. “He’s kind of my guy, and he’s able to counsel those F guys, and I can spend more time with James (Sims) and those other guys.”

Weis Jr. said he has enjoyed his chance to help Pierson, Bourbon and the other F backs understand the position and credits one of his dad’s former players for helping him come to enjoy what versatile backs bring to an offense.

“My favorite player on the New England Patriots — along with Tom Brady, I can’t go outside of him — was Kevin Faulk, a running back, a third-down guy, a pass-catcher,” Weis Jr. said. “Whenever my mom and I went to games, he was always a great guy to us, and I always liked watching him play.”

Because of his vast understanding of KU’s offense, Weis Jr. said it pains him not to be able to jump into drills and work as a full-fledged coach, but he understands that everything he does today will help him in his coaching future.

Mitchell and the rest of the staff are more than OK with whatever help he can provide.

“I think the players, because of his age, they don’t feel intimidated by him,” Mitchell said. “If they have something they feel more comfortable asking Junior about, go ahead. Because at the end of the day, we all want the same thing.”