When former Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry left the program to become the next head basketball coach at Notre Dame, it was expected that he could manage to lure some of his players with him to South Bend as he builds the roster for the Fighting Irish. His son, Braedan Shrewsberry, asking out of his national letter of intent with Penn State to follow him was a no-brainer. But now it appears there is a sense a player from last year’s roster could be making a similar move to the Fighting Irish as well.
A new crystal ball prediction on 247Sports is forecasting a commitment to Notre Dame out of the NCAA transfer portal from forward [autotag]Kebba Njie[/autotag]. 247Sports staff writer Tyler Calvaruso, a contributor to Lions247, made his official prediction of Njie to Notre Dame on Monday evening.
Njie entered the transfer portal in early April after Penn State had hired Micah Shrewsberry‘s replacement, [autotag]Mike Rhoades[/autotag]. Njie was noticeably absent from Rhoades’ introductory press conference at Penn State. At the time, Njie was the fifth player from Penn State’s basketball roster to add his name to the transfer portal following the departure of Shrewsberry to Notre Dame.
Njie was Penn State’s third highest-rated recruit in program history, and the four-star player was the highlight of Penn State’s Class of 2022 recruiting efforts, resulting in the program’s highest-ranked recruiting class in school history.
Njie was the only freshman from the 2022-23 team to appear in all 37 games played, and he started in 26 of them. His expected departure is a tough one to replace for Rhoades, who continues to build a roster with players out of the transfer portal. While it would have been nice to see Njie return for another year in State College, it is appearing less likely by the day that will happen.
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