Clemson’s men’s basketball team was already going to lose at least a couple of key contributors off this season’s roster. That number grew Tuesday when Nick Honor decided to finish out his eligibility elsewhere.
Honor, a redshirt junior who started 25 games at the point this past season, has entered the transfer portal. Honor is the second starter (fellow guard David Collins) and fourth scholarship player Clemson has lost off this season’s roster so far. Collins and senior forwards Naz Bohannon and Parker Fox exhausted their eligibility.
Clemson went through the season with 12 scholarship players, one below the 13 the NCAA limits college basketball teams to each season. Signees Chauncey Wiggins, Chauncey Gibson and RJ Godfrey will account for three of the four scholarships left behind by Honor, Collins, Bohannon and Fox, so Clemson coach Brad Brownell has two scholarships available should he choose to use them to add to the Tigers’ 2022 recruiting class.
There could be more scholarships open up, too, depending on what other current players decide to do this offseason. That includes senior forward Hunter Tyson, who’s already played four seasons for the Tigers but still had a COVID year remaining if he wants to return to the team next season. Tyson, Clemson’s fourth-leading scorer (10 points per game) and third-leading rebounder (5.5) this past season, has yet to announce a decision regarding his future.
Below is a look at Clemson’s scholarship numbers as of Tuesday. For the sake of this exercise, Tyson will be counted among the returning players until he makes a decision. This will be updated as needed throughout the offseason.
Players returning (8)
G Chase Hunter
G Al-Amir Dawes
G Alex Hemenway
G Josh Beadle (redshirt)
F Hunter Tyson
F Ian Schieffelin
F/C PJ Hall
F/C Ben Middlebrooks
Players leaving (4)
G Nick Honor
G David Collins
F Naz Bohannon
F Parker Fox
Players incoming (3)
G Chauncey Gibson
F RJ Godfrey
F Chauncey Wiggins
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