{"id":248070,"date":"2026-04-13T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248070\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:30:16","slug":"texas-lands-commitment-from-former-tcu-standout-david-punch-out-of-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248070\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lands commitment from former TCU standout David Punch out of transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Punch is leaving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/tcu-horned-frogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TCU;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TCU&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TCU<\/a>, but isn&#8217;t going very far.<\/p>\n<p>The former Horned Frogs standout announced his commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/texas-longhorns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas<\/a> on Sunday night, marking a significant addition for Sean Miller as he heads into his second season with the Longhorns. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/tcu-horned-frogs\/article\/tcu-david-punch-transfer-portal-22196757.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:He entered the transfer portal after spending his first two seasons at TCU;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;He entered the transfer portal after spending his first two seasons at TCU&quot;}\" class=\"link \">He entered the transfer portal after spending his first two seasons at TCU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Punch led TCU in points (14.1 per game), rebounds (6.8 per game) and blocks (1.9 per game). He put together a strong sophomore season for the Horned Frogs, playing in and starting 34 games en route to earning an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-7 Harker Heights, Texas native led the Frogs to an NCAA Tournament in during his sophomore campaign as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/tcu-horned-frogs\/2026\/03\/19\/xavier-edmonds-layup-in-final-seconds-lifts-tcu-to-march-madness-win-over-ohio-state\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he posted 16 points and 13 rebounds in a thrilling win over Ohio State;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;he posted 16 points and 13 rebounds in a thrilling win over Ohio State&quot;}\" class=\"link \">he posted 16 points and 13 rebounds in a thrilling win over Ohio State<\/a>. He was one of the top big men in the portal and figures to be a centerpiece for the Longhorns next year.<\/p>\n<p>Punch isn&#8217;t the only significant pickup for Texas this weekend, as Colorado guard Isaiah Johnson also committed to Texas. He averaged 16.9 points and broke Colorado&#8217;s freshman scoring record in his debut season, earning All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Punch is leaving\u00a0TCU, but isn&#8217;t going very far. The former Horned Frogs standout announced his commitment to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[94264,21825,3118,116,118,117,8164,19753,853,27,15828],"class_list":["post-248070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-brock-harding","tag-david-punch","tag-florida","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-horned-frogs","tag-sean-miller","tag-tcu","tag-texas","tag-the-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}