Former Texas forward Jaylon Tyson will transfer to conference foe Texas Tech.
Tyson was committed to the Red Raiders out of high school before deciding to follow Chris Beard to Texas.
Former 4⭐️ recruit Jaylon Tyson will transfer to #TexasTech
Tyson chose The Red Raiders over Colorado, and TCU
Tyson has a unique combination of size, skill, and strength. He will come in space the floor and get buckets immediately next year pic.twitter.com/0b7ILiAgH2
— Tobias Bass (@tobias_bass) January 10, 2022
Beard spoke very highly about Tyson before the season began, expressing that he would contribute early in his career. That did not end up being the case as Tyson was not ready to have a major impact on this season’s squad.
Playing time was hard to come by for the freshman, he mostly played in mop-up time where he just averaged just 1.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. As a result, Tyson entered his name into the transfer portal just eight games into his career.
Texas will need to keep their frontcourt of Tre Mitchell, Dylan Disu and Christian Bishop healthy as losing Tyson hurt the Horn’s depth.
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