Ole Miss guard, former 4-star recruit, will reportedly enter transfer portal
By Sydney Hunte
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Ole Miss’s roster is seeing plenty of attrition after Chris Beard’s third season in Oxford. The latest name to enter the transfer portal is guard Koren Johnson, according to recruiting analyst Sam Kayser.
Johnson, a fourth-year junior, transferred to Ole Miss from Louisville before the 2025-26 season after his lone campaign with the Cardinals saw him miss all but two games because of a shoulder injury. The Seattle native originally signed with Washington out of the class of 2022, where he was a four-star recruit and rated by 247Sports as the state of Washington’s top recruit and the country’s No. 17 combo guard.
He averaged 19.5 minutes in 29 games as a freshman in 2022-23, averaging 6.8 ppg. In 2023-24, his sophomore year, he was named Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year after logging 11.1 ppg — fourth on the team — while averaging 24.2 minutes and playing in 31 games with five starts.
Johnson then entered the portal for the first time, ultimately opting to play at Louisville. But his time there was cut short due to injury, leading to his transfer to Ole Miss. With the Rebels, he posted 1.8 ppg in 9.6 minutes per outing.
He’ll now join four other players in the portal, specifically guard Eduardo Klafke and forwards Augusto Cassia, Corey Chest, and Tylis Jordan.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
