Missouri forward enters transfer portal, will seek waiver for another year of eligibility
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Mizzou suffered a loss to its basketball roster for next season on Sunday night when forward Jevon Porter opted to enter the transfer portal.
But it’s not that simple for Porter regarding where he ends up next season. According to League Ready’s Sam Kayser, the 6-foot-11 forward has also applied for a waiver just to be eligible for next season.
Porter appeared in just 12 games for the Tigers this past season, averaging 6.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest. He’s already had a whirlwind collegiate career, playing on the West Coast at Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, but for Porter to extend that time in college and join a 4th program, he’ll have to be granted another year of eligibility via a medical redshirt.
The Columbia product who came home to play at Mizzou this past season doesn’t automatically qualify for that medical redshirt because he played in 36.3% (12 of 33) of the Tigers’ games this past season. That’s slightly above the automatic requirement level to earn a medical redshirt, with players needing to participate in less than 30% of their team’s games to automatically qualify.
Porter had to sit out all of SEC play, along with Mizzou’s loss to Illinois, because of a leg injury he sustained in practice before that game against the Fighting Illini.
Mizzou has now had 2 players enter the transfer portal with the hopes of being granted an additional year of eligibility, with Porter joining forward Jacob Crews.
Porter transferred to Mizzou for his senior season after spending the first 3 years of his college basketball career out west, and he’s also part of a Missouri basketball legacy. Two of Porter’s older brothers, Michael Porter Jr. and Jontay Porter, also played for the Tigers.
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Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
