San Diego State 2025-26 roster tracker: Returners, newcomers and departures
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San Diego State’s basketball season has ended and what figures to be an eventful offseason is here.
The college basketball transfer portal opened up on Monday, clearing the way for hundreds of players across the country to submit their names while looking for a new home. The portal had previously been open for graduate transfers and for players who had dealt with a coach hiring/firing.
As it stands in late March, here's a look at who is slated to suit up for the Aztecs in 2025-26.
RETURNERS:
F Pharoah Compton (sophomore)
G BJ Davis (junior)
G Reese Waters (redshirt senior)
G Miles Byrd (redshirt junior)
F Magoon Gwath (transfer portal)
G Taj DeGourville (sophomore)
F Miles Heide (junior)
F Thokbor Majak (redshirt freshman)
G Ray Gonzales (sophomore)
G Kai Lee (sophomore)
San Diego State lost six of their past seven scorers last offseason either to graduation or the transfer portal. Reese Waters, the top returnee, injured his foot before the season and wound up missing the entirety of this past season. Waters was San Diego State’s second-leading scorer in 2023-24, averaging 10 points and four rebounds per game while shooting 34 percent from three-point range. He previously stated in February his intentions to return to the Aztecs for his final season of eligibility in 2025-26.
Despite transfers and graduation this season, San Diego State still expects to return six of their top nine scorers from this year’s team that advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight season in addition to Reese Waters. Forward Thokbor Majak is a wild card, similar to Magoon Gwath a year ago. The seven-foot Majak, originally from Sudan, played his high school basketball at Dream City Christian in Arizona. He enrolled with the Aztecs this past summer and spent this season redshirting.
Miles Byrd and Magoon Gwath, San Diego State's second and third leading scorers from this past season, are not in the transfer portal. The two players have entered their names in the NBA Draft and are going through the pre-draft process in the coming months. They will have until June 15 to remove their names from the draft, retaining their collegiate eligibility.
DEPARTURES:
G Nick Boyd (transfer portal) - Wisconsin
F Demarshay Johnson Jr. (transfer portal) - Long Beach State
F Jared Coleman-Jones (graduation)
G Wayne McKinney (graduation)
G Kimo Ferrari (graduation)
G Ryan Schwarz (graduation)
G Desai Lopez (graduation)
G Cam Lawin (transfer portal)
Boyd was San Diego State's leading scorer this past season. He started 31 games for the Aztecs in what was his lone season on the court in San Diego, averaging 13 points, four rebounds and four assists per game. Boyd spent four seasons at Florida Atlantic prior to coming to San Diego State one year ago and will now head to Wisconsin for his final season of collegiate ball.
Magoon Gwath initially put his name into the transfer portal and had interest from schools in power conferences before withdrawing to remain with the Aztecs. Gwath has put his name in the NBA Draft, collecting information from teams before deciding what next season looks like for him.
San Diego State was active in the transfer portal last offseason as they’ve long been since before the portal started. The Aztecs secured four players last year, all of which will be gone from next year’s roster. In addition to Boyd, forward Jared Coleman-Jones started 27 games while spending his final collegiate season with the Aztecs. Reserve guards Wayne McKinney and Kimo Ferrari, both former high school standouts in San Diego, spent their final seasons of eligibility with the Aztecs and were among the crowd favorites. Both players chose the Aztecs despite having played more minutes at their previous stops.
Johnson Jr. became the latest Aztec to enter the transfer portal when he did so on Monday night. Johnson Jr. has a year of eligibility remaining but was one of six players honored on senior night earlier this month and will enter the portal as a graduate transfer.
Cam Lawin was the third entry into the transfer portal. A walk-on guard from Chicago, Lawin played in 15 games over the past two seasons.
NEWCOMERS:
F Tae Simmons (freshman)
F Jeremiah Oden (sixth-year senior)
G Sean Newman Jr. (fifth-year senior)
G Latrell Davis (junior)
G Elzie Harrington (freshman)
San Diego State’s lone high school commit comes south from Heritage Christian High School in Northridge. Simmons is a six-foot-seven forward who fits the San Diego State mold. A four-star recruit ranked, No. 124 nationally by 247Sports, Simmons averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds per game as a junior.
Oden is San Diego State's first offseason addition. He'll be playing his sixth and final season college season in 2025-26. Oden spent three seasons at Wyoming, one season at DePaul and was at Charlotte this year before an injury cost him the season. He's played five career games against San Diego State, scoring 17 points twice while shooting 9-21 from three-point range across the five games.
Sean Newman, a Southern California native, comes to San Diego State for his final season of eligibility. After playing at Culver City High School, Newman played two seasons at Fullerton Junior College. In 2023-24 at Louisiana Tech, Newman Jr. averaged seven points and five assists per game to lead Conference USA. In his second season with the Bulldogs, he averaged 10 points and eight assists per game including a 20-assist game during a win in December.
A native of England, Latrell Davis finished up his high school career in Florida. He enrolled at San Jose State and played in 31 games as a freshman, averaging six points and two rebounds per game. Davis took a big step forward this past season, averaging 11 points per game while nearly doubling his minutes. Davis scored a combined 44 points against the Aztecs this year, making 10 of his 18 three-point attempts in front of his future coaching staff.
Elzie Harrington marked the commitment of one of the highest rated recruits in San Diego State history. A four-star guard out of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, Harrington helped lead the Braves to a CIF State D1 championship as a junior. Playing against some of the nation's best competition in both the Southern Section and Trinity League, Harrington averaged 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals across his four-year varsity career. Harrington previously had made commitments to both Harvard and USC before choosing the Aztecs last week.
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Bodie DeSilva has been covering sports in San Diego for more than a decade. He previously covered San Diego State athletics for Scout/Fox Sports.