Former Texas basketball F Jaylon Tyson transfers to Texas Tech
The biggest news to come out of the NCAA Transfer Portal concerning new head coach Chris Beard and the Texas basketball program since the start of this season was really just on one player. Former Texas freshman forward and blue-chip recruit Jaylon Tyson put his name in the transfer portal last month after playing in just eight games with the program this season.
And it didn’t take too long for Tyson to find his next landing spot out of the transfer portal. In a way, his next landing spot is also a previous one. Tyson announced on Twitter to round out the weekend that he committed to the Texas Tech Red Raiders out of the portal.
Tyson was originally committed to Texas Tech when Beard was still their head coach. But he wound up flipping his commitment and signing with Texas once Beard took the head coaching job to replace the departed Shaka Smart.
Texas Tech lands former Texas basketball F and freshman Jaylon Tyson
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While he has to sit out for the rest of the 2021-22 season, it looks like Tyson will be eligible to play for the Red Raiders at the outset of the 2022-23 campaign. He will now be playing for first-year Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams, who is off to a pretty solid start in Lubbock this season.
Texas Tech holds a record of 11-3 (1-1 Big 12) through about the first half of the season. They also hold the No. 25 ranking in the latest AP Poll.
Tyson didn’t get much of a shot to make an impact with the Longhorns in what was a deep forward rotation to start the season. He averaged 1.8 points per game, 1.1 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.3 blocks in his eight games played this season.
And Tyson shot 40 percent from the field, missed on four attempts from beyond the arc, and shot 66.7 percent from the free-throw line.
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The Plano, TX, native and John Paul II High School product Tyson will be returning to Lubbock to play for Adams and his staff. This is a big addition for the Red Raiders. It is also no reason to panic for the Longhorns given the success on the recruiting trail of late under Beard.