Former Arkansas guard Desi Sills not going to Auburn, announces new transfer destination
Not long after Arkansas’ run in the NCAA Tournament came to an end, guard Desi Sills announced he would be leaving Eric Musselman’s program.
That news came after Sills played in all 98 Arkansas games dating back to the previous three seasons on The Hill. Sills started 15 games for the Razorbacks last season.
Sills entered last season being voted to the preseason All-SEC second team by the league’s coaches.
Before long, Sills surprised many by announcing he would be transferring to Auburn to play for Bruce Pearl.
Now, another twist in the road has occurred as the former Razorback has announced he will be staying in the Natural State — he’s head to Arkansas State.
I’m coming home!!!! #Wolvesup 🐺🤘🏾 pic.twitter.com/7HatoEG8sv
— LIL DES 🚦 (@desisills3) June 8, 2021
Not that big of a surprise. There’s been rumors about being academically eligible for a few weeks now. Good luck to the kid.
Hasn’t been a single rumor of academics in the press or out of Arkansas so I dont know where that comes from. Seems like he wanted to go back to his home town and hook up with an old high school teammate from the Jonesboro squad that went 32-0.
Rumors were out of auburn not Arkansas.
It wasn’t that he was in trouble at Arkansas. There’s been multiple threads about classes not transferring on an Auburn site. He still could have made it, eventually. But the road to start playing was going to be a lot longer than Desi and the coaches initially thought.
Good luck Desi. Now to find the next transfer. Could we possibly get Zion Cruz to reclassify and commit?
Funny that when he announced he was transferring back in April I thought he might return to his hometown of Jonesboro to play for A-State.