Texas Basketball: 5 transfer portal targets from rival schools

Jalen Coleman-Lands, G

There’s really no surprises among players entering the transfer portal this offseason, given the pure amount of names that are flowing in and out of it thus far. But it did feel like the former talented four-star recruit and Iowa State Cyclones redshirt senior 6-foot-4 and 190 pound point guard Jalen Coleman-Lands had a real shot with that program to make an impact next season.

At this point in time, there also aren’t all that many names in the transfer portal that brings as much proven experience to the table as Coleman-Lands. The Indianapolis, IN, native has played in more than 130 career games in his college hoops run up to this point. And he’s done that with three teams now in his college career.

Coleman-Lands was actually originally recruited out of La Lumiere School in the 2015 cycle. He originally signed with the Illinois Fighting Illini in the Big Ten with their 2015 recruiting class. After two years playing for Illinois, Coleman-Lands hit the transfer market for the first time. He then landed with DePaul for a three year run, including one redshirt season.

There would only be one season that the Cyclones would get out of Coleman-Lands after he landed in Ames out of the transfer portal last offseason. And this offseason, Coleman-Lands has his name in the portal for the third time in his career. For the sixth year of his college career, maybe the Forty Acres could be the right place. He could help, to some extent, Beard fill the void left by the potential departure of senior standout guard Matt Coleman.