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LSU forward Daimion Collins (10) shoots over Florida Golf Coast forward Keeshawn Kellman (32) in the first half on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at the PMAC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LSU men’s basketball junior Tyrell Ward and redshirt junior Daimon Collins are among the six players to enter the transfer portal after the 2024-25 season. Ward is heading to VCU in the Atlantic 10 and Collins to South Florida of the American Athletic Conference, they each announced on Instagram.
LSU guard Tyrell Ward (15) grabs the ball out of the air during practice on Monday, October 14, 2024 at the PMAC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ward, a Washington, D.C.
native, stepped away from the program to focus on his mental health and was never expected to return. The news came about 15 minutes before LSU's season opener. The 6-foot-6 wing was a part of coach Matt McMahon’s first recruiting class at LSU and averaged 9.
1 points and 2.3 rebounds in 21.8 minutes per game as a sophomore.
Ward was ranked the No. 34 player in the 247Sports Composite in the 2022 class. Collins started 22 games in place of Jalen Reed, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury on Dec.
3.The 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward/center averaged 8.0 points on 58% from the field, 4.
3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in 20.4 minutes last season.
The Atlanta, Texas native, started his career at Kentucky after being ranked the No. 16 player in the 2021 class, according to the 247Sports Composite. “After careful consideration,” Collins said in his statement, "I have decided to enter the transfer portal.
This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the best step for my future and continued development. Thank you Tiger Nation, for your unwavering support. I will always carry these experiences and lessons with me as I embark on this new chapter.
” The other LSU players to decide on their new landing spots are freshman Vyctorius Miller who committed to Oklahoma State , redshirt freshman Corey Chest going to Ole Miss and junior Noah Boyde to Western Kentucky. Sophomore Mike Williams hasn't announced his transfer destination. LSU has five transfer additions, highlighted by UNLV point guard Dedan Thomas who is the No.
14 transfer on 247Sports..
