Jason Spurgin has signed a 3-year deal to play pro ball in Australia. The first year will be a developmental year and then he will play two years on the full roster. He is the 8th player who will not be returning from last year, seven of them who had eligibility remaining.
We will miss his infectious enthusiasm. He is the program's career leader in fist bumps. Best of luck to him.
His brother has been practicing with the team.
Agee is at USC. Hill is at NC State. We'll see how much they play, but I believe they are both getting paid. Nothing but the best to them.
DJ Smith has entered the portal. He played only a few games before getting injured and missing the remainder of the season.
That gives BG six players into the portal and then two who have come in via the portal, one via JUCO and one via HS.
Based on reports on Twitter, we are actively looking to build a team for next year.
This is like pro sports with no long-term contracts.
Armon Bethea and Davian Mayo are in the portal. Both were transfers who played one year at BG.
Bethea is an o-lineman from Arizona. He played 41 snaps, mostly against Michigan and Akron.
Mayo is a LB who transferred from Memphis. He had 14 tackles in 12 games....played 114 snaps in total.
Best of luck to them both. I'm guessing that they didn't like where they finished the spring on the depth chart and they want to go somewhere where they can play. Bethea has already been offered by Austin Peay.
On and on it goes....
Portal updates.
First, for MBB, Anthony McComb III has entered the portal. A big scorer in HS and prep ball, he played in 33 games and made 2 starts for BG, logging a total of 250 minutes and scoring 1.9 PPG.
That's five Falcons in the portal--Hill, Agee, Edwards, Greer and McComb, plus Jason Spurgin, who possibly could return home to play pro. And Phillip was out of eligibility.
So far only two in...
For football, the post-Spring practice portal is humming, too.
DL Bam Booker. A highly decorated HS player in Ohio, he went to Maryland then came to BG. He appeared in 11 games for BG last year, but made only 3 tackles.
LB Marquette Harris ...a JUCO transfer played only 3 games for BG.
DB Justin Lynch....JUCO transfer, made only 2 appearances for the Falcons.
WR Tae’Shaun Johnson..highly recruited player out of Toledo Central Catholic. He was the #66 player in Ohio. Has not played for BG in 2 years. Missed 2022 with injury.
Defensive back/Linebacker Canaan Williams, who did not appear for BG in two years.
And Diego Neri, who entered the portal before Spring practice.
Best of luck to all of these young men. BG brought some guys in during this window last year, so we will keep our eyes open.
work starts now #FlyAroundandFindOut x #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/BGEDy7v2zm
— BGSU Men's Basketball (@BGSUMBB) April 10, 2024
Forensics from photos on Twitter...they are having some workouts and Sam Towns, Trey Thomas and Jamai Felt are shown. Also, I understand that DJ Smith is back and practicing.
As we know, Edwards, Greer, Agee and Hill are in the portal, and Phillip was out of eligibility.
And four players coming in....so far. BG continues to work the recruiting wires.
So, BG has a new verbal for MBB, this young man is a transfer from UM. He's 6'9" and originally from Lebanon. His name is Youssef Khayat, although his bio at Michigan says he prefers "Yo-Yo" on first reference. (More here from Michigan Daily on the origin of Yo-Yo, etc).
He's not the normal background. He lived in Lebanon and then they moved to France so he could play ball. His HS years were spent playing on a U21 Club affiliated with Limoges, which is a pro team at the top level. He had some success there his last year, playing in 32 games and averaging 16.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists in 28.2 minutes
He has played internationally for Lebanon at the youth and senior level.
He went to UM where he played two years. He signed late and kind of got a slow start his FR year. He played 26 games in two injury-plagued years, ending up 154 minutes played. He did not generate a lot of numbers. Even so, this article indicates he was making progress behind the scenes.
He has two years left. I think our coaches have shown (in only one year, true) to be good talent evaluators, so I look forward to seeing Yo-Yo in action.
Welcome to the Falcons, Yo-Yo.
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