{"id":607560,"date":"2026-04-15T02:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607560\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:52:08","slug":"jeremiah-wilkinson-will-transfer-to-arkansas-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/607560\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremiah Wilkinson will transfer to Arkansas, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff BorzelloApr 15, 2026, 11:40 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a> Basketball recruiting insider.
\n Joined ESPN in 2014.
\n Graduate of University of Delaware.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Georgia<\/a> transfer Jeremiah Wilkinson<\/a>, one of the best scorers in the transfer portal, committed to Arkansas<\/a> on Tuesday night, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n

Wilkinson had a long list of suitors, including Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and LSU.<\/p>\n

A 6-foot-1 guard, Wilkinson is a proven scorer at two power-conference programs, averaging 15.1 points at California as a freshman and 17.4 points at Georgia as a sophomore. He improved his efficiency in Athens this past season, shooting 41% from the field and nearly 36% from 3-point range, while cutting down on his turnovers and also averaging 1.6 steals.<\/p>\n

Wilkinson was capable of huge offensive performances, scoring at least 30 points on three occasions — including in Georgia’s first-round NCAA tournament loss to Saint Louis. He had 31 points in a win over Auburn, and 32 points (and six 3-pointers) in a loss to Ole Miss.<\/p>\n

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The Georgia native faced his future team back in January, finishing with 20 points, three assists and four steals in a win over Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Wilkinson will help replace SEC Player of the Year and All-American Darius Acuff Jr.<\/a>, who is projected to go in the top 10 of June’s NBA draft. John Calipari is also bringing in a top-five recruiting class, headlined by Jordan Smith Jr.<\/a>, the best guard in the senior class.<\/p>\n

Arkansas will wait on a stay-or-go decision from Meleek Thomas<\/a>, the team’s second-leading scorer, who announced earlier this week that he plans to enter the NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff BorzelloApr 15, 2026, 11:40 AM Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-607560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}