{"id":240713,"date":"2026-03-28T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240713\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:21:13","slug":"san-diego-state-guard-miles-byrd-says-he-will-enter-the-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240713\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego State guard Miles Byrd says he will enter the transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The big shoe dropped for the\u00a0San Diego State Aztecs<\/a>\u00a0basketball team on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guard Miles Byrd, the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year and the last link to SDSU\u2019s 2023 Final Four team, announced that he will enter the transfer portal as a graduate student.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The move has been anticipated since the Aztecs were left out of the NCAA Tournament field the day after they lost the MW tournament championship game to Utah State.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The portal opens on April 7, the morning after the national championship game. Junior guard BJ Davis announced earlier this week that he plans to enter the portal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Miles Byrd said<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter four unforgettable years, I want to thank San Diego State for everything it\u2019s given me \u2014 on and off the court,\u201d Byrd said in a post on X. \u201cThe memories, the battles, the brotherhood, and the growth will always mean more than words can fully capture. Wearing that No. 21 jersey and representing not only the school but the whole city of San Diego has been a true blessing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWith that being said, I\u2019ve decided to enter the next chapter of my journey and will be entering the transfer portal as a graduate student. This wasn\u2019t an easy decision, but I\u2019m excited for what\u2019s ahead and the opportunity to keep chasing my goals. Thank you to my coaches, teammates, family and everyone who supported me along the way \u2013 this is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Diego State\u2019s basketball X account thanked Byrd \u201cfor an amazing four years.\u00a0Your impact on this program will last forever. A soon to be college graduate and forever an\u00a0#AztecForLife<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n

The big picture<\/p>\n

The Aztecs appear to be headed toward an offseason of upheaval after what was arguably the most disappointing season in school history. The Aztecs opened the season with big expectations of a deep March Madness run, based on Byrd and Magoon Gwath withdrawing from the NBA Draft, but then stumbled several times and ended up missing the NCAAs for the first time in six seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coach Brian Dutcher put it all in perspective during his wrap-up news conference last week when he said, “You have to understand this: Everybody\u2019s in the portal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dutcher added that Byrd would have \u201cthe most interesting\u201d decision to make of all the Aztecs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Byrd will graduate in May and have one season of eligibility left.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFinancially, does he want to be a pro next year at another college? Is the money that drastically different? And yes, it is,\u201d Dutcher said. \u201cAt some of these places, the money’s drastically different. \u2026 So, I think he’ll have an interesting decision financially, whether it’s in another college or whether he thinks he has a chance to get into the NBA this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is Miles Byrd?<\/p>\n

Byrd came to SDSU from Stockton beginning with the 2022-23 season and appeared in four games before being redshirted. That\u2019s the season the Aztecs made it to their first Final Four, advancing the national championship game before losing to UConn.<\/p>\n

Byrd was a reserve the following year before moving into the starting lineup in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Byrd withdrew from the NBA Draft process last spring to return to Montezuma Mesa for another shot at the NCAA Tournament after the Aztecs lost in the First Four last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A fourth-year junior, he was voted the MW Preseason Player of the Year and then won the MW Defensive Player of the Year Award after the Aztecs finished second overall behind Utah State.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Byrd was third in scoring at 10.4 points, first in rebounding at 5.7, first in steals at 1.9, second in assists at 2.6 and second in blocks with 1.2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The big shoe dropped for the\u00a0San Diego State Aztecs\u00a0basketball team on Friday.\u00a0 Guard Miles Byrd, the Mountain West…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-240713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-san-diego","9":"tag-san-diego-headlines","10":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}