KNOXVILLE — University of Tennessee basketball player Jalen Johnson has announced that he will spend his senior year at East Tennessee State.
Johnson, a native of North Carolina, will head to Johnson City to play for the Buccaneers and coach Steve Forbes as a graduate transfer. Forbes formerly served as an assistant coach for the Volunteers under Bruce Pearl.
Johnson chose to leave Tennessee because he is in search of more playing time.
ETSU went 30-4 last season and won both the Southern Conference regular-season title and the SoCon Tournament championship. The Bucs qualified for the NCAA Tournament before it was canceled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Johnson averaged 3.5 points and two rebounds per game last season.