Houston guard Damian Dunn will enter the transfer portal
Houston senior Damian Dunn will enter the transfer portal, 247Sports has learned.
Dunn appeared in 37 games for the Cougars this season and averaged 6.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game on 31.7 percent shooting from long range.
A 6-foot-5, 205-pound guard out of Kinston (N.C.) Dunn transferred to Houston after beginning his career at Temple. He averaged 15.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists on 34.8 percent shooting from deep during the 2022-23 season.
Dunn committed to Houston last year after reportedly hearing from Clemson, Connecticut, Georgia, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina State, Pitt, and others.
Once he selects his next school, Dunn will have a year of eligibility remaining.
The transfer portal opened on March 18th and will remain open until Wednesday, May 1st.
Anytime during that window, a player can submit paperwork to their current school to request a transfer and within 48-hours of receiving the paperwork, a player must be submitted into the NCAA Portal database.
Before the window opens on March 18th and after the window closes on May 1st, players who have earned enough credits to graduate are able to enter the portal at any time, listed as a “Grad Transfer”.
Simultaneously, with any coaching movement – whether a head coach is fired or gets another job – players of that team are also given a 30-day window in which they can enter the portal which is not bound to the March 18th-May 1st window.
When a player has officially entered the portal, other schools are permitted to contact the player and begin the recruiting process.
There is also a new rule this off-season that will have major ramifications on the transfer market.
In recent years, players were given a one-time transfer waiver and if transferring for a second time, a waiver had to be granted to be immediately eligible by the NCAA.
For the transfers this spring, transfers are expected to be immediately eligible for the 2024-25 season according to a recent memo by the NCAA.
