Alabama Athletics
Alabama Basketball’s Jaylen Forbes Entering Transfer Portal
While University of Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats added four more players to his roster on Wednesday, he lost one.
Crimson Tide freshman guard Jaylen Forbes has entered the NCAA transfer portal. The move was first reported by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman.
The Florence, Miss. native averaged 2.7 points on 35 percent shooting from the field and grabbed 2.1 rebounds in 30 games played, and starting in just one (FAU). He scored a season-high 11 points on Feb. 12 on the road against Auburn.
On Feb. 1, the 6-foot-4, 185 pound guard earned a season-high in rebounds against Arkansas with nine.
Forbes becomes the second Crimson Tide player to transfer out of the program this offseason joining freshman big man Raymond Hawkins.
With five new signees coming in and three players testing NBA draft waters (Kira Lewis Jr., John Petty Jr., and Herbert Jones), Forbes’ decision to leave will open up a scholarship spot for one of those three to return, putting the Crimson Tide at the limit of 13 scholarship players.
On a teleconference, Oats told the media last month that he expects Jones to return to Tuscaloosa for his senior season.
As a high school prospect, Forbes was rated as a four-star recruit, the No. 84 player overall in the country, and the No. 2 player in the state of Mississippi per ESPN.
The 247Sports Composite rated him as the 104th overall prospect. He signed with the Crimson Tide over Georgia Tech, UAB, Murray State, Ole Miss, Kansas State, among others.
