Ford chooses Arkansas State as transfer destination

Derrian Ford announced his transfer destination on Friday, as the Magnolia product chose Arkansas State.

Derrian Ford surprisingly entered the NCAA transfer portal on April 27.

Three weeks later, the Magnolia freshman guard announced his destination on his social media.

Arkansas State will be getting his services, after he also visited Ole Miss and Vanderbilt.

Ford played sparingly for the Razorbacks as a freshman, and even though he originally indicated he would return, he ultimately ended up in the portal.

The two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in the state, who won three state titles for Magnolia, may be following a similar path to Desi Sills, who also ended up at Arkansas State for a year after transferring from Arkansas.

Sills is now at Kansas State, and helped lead the Wildcats to the Elite Eight in 2023.