{"id":79547,"date":"2026-04-06T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79547"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:11:43","slug":"kentucky-basketball-guard-jasper-johnson-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isport.com.ng\/?p=79547","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky basketball guard Jasper Johnson enters NCAA transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\">Kentucky basketball guard Jasper Johnson enters NCAA transfer portal<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">LEXINGTON \u2014\u00a0Jasper Johnson\u00a0wanted to be one and done with the\u00a0Kentucky basketball\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This wasn&#8217;t the way he intended, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Instead of heading into the\u00a0NBA draft, Johnson put his name into the transfer portal after one season with the\u00a0Wildcats. News of the\u00a0transfer was first reported\u00a0by\u00a0Jonathan Givony of Draft Express.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He is the second\u00a0Kentucky\u00a0player to announce plans to transfer since the season ended, joining point guard Jaland Lowe.<\/p>\n<p>A UK legacy, Johnson is the son of\u00a0Dennis Johnson, who had a standout career as a defensive lineman for Kentucky&#8217;s football program a quarter-century ago. When Jasper\u00a0committed to Kentucky\u00a0in September 2024 \u2014 picking UK over his two other finalists, Alabama and North Carolina \u2014 it was considered a coup for\u00a0Mark Pope, entering his first season as his alma mater&#8217;s coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Johnson had been one of the most highly touted prospects in the 2025 class,\u00a0a consensus four-star recruit\u00a0ranked among the top 40 players in the nation by every major recruiting database.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But it never clicked for the 6-foot-5, 180-pound Lexington native during his freshman campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A top-flight scorer during his prep career, points were hard to come by at Kentucky: Johnson had only five double-figure outings in 35 games, with a personal-best 22 in\u00a0a win over North Carolina Central\u00a0in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Minutes were equally scarce once\u00a0SEC\u00a0play started in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In UK&#8217;s 13 games in 2025, Johnson logged at least 10 minutes nine times. In the Wildcats&#8217; 21 matchups versus SEC competition (regular season and the conference tournament), Johnson reached that figure on only 12 occasions. In Kentucky&#8217;s two NCAA Tournament contests, he combined to play eight minutes (two versus\u00a0Santa Clara, six against\u00a0Iowa State).<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u00a0propelled Woodford County to the KHSAA Sweet 16\u00a0in 2023, which was the school&#8217;s first appearance in the event since 1986. He then transferred to\u00a0Link Academy\u00a0\u2014 a national power in Missouri \u2014 before wrapping up his high school career playing in the\u00a0Overtime Elite\u00a0league\u00a0in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_by\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky basketball guard Jasper Johnson enters NCAA transfer portal LEXINGTON \u2014\u00a0Jasper Johnson\u00a0wanted to be one and done with the\u00a0Kentucky basketball\u00a0program. This wasn&#8217;t the way he intended, though. 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