{"id":344607,"date":"2026-06-21T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344607\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:30:31","slug":"texas-tech-guard-jaylen-petty-plans-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/344607\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech guard Jaylen Petty plans to enter NCAA transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/red-raider-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Tech<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jaylen-petty-244866\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaylen Petty<\/a> plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent one year with the program.<\/p>\n<p>In 33 games this past season, Petty averaged 9.9 points per game, 3.9 rebounds per game, 2.2 assists per game and shot 40.6% from the floor. Petty also shot 37.5% from three-point range while hitting 77.1% of his free throws.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Class of 2025, Petty was a three-star recruit out of Seattle (Wash.) Rainier Beach, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/industry-player\/football\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>. He was the No. 1 overall prospect in the state, the No. 23 point guard in the class and the No. 174 overall prospect in the class.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3\u2019s Transfer Portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/wire\/basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wire<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/transferportal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TransferPortal\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter account <\/a>are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Petty, forward\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/lejuan-watts-242426\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeJuan Watts<\/a>\u00a0plans to enter the transfer portal, he told On3. He played a key role during the final stretch of the season after JT Toppin\u2019s season-ending injury, helping reach the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6 junior out of Fresno, California, spent just one season in Lubbock. He averaged 11.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game for the Red Raiders. He shot 43.3% from the field and 32.1% from three.<\/p>\n<p>He began his college career at Eastern Washington, where he averaged 9.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a freshman, winning Big Sky Freshman of the Year. Watts played his sophomore season at Washington State, averaging 13.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>Like this story0Share article<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleLikeBar_meta__MY_jU\">Members only \u00b7 one like per member<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech guard Jaylen Petty plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[93188,168,170,169],"class_list":["post-344607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-jaylen-petty-25-rainier-beach","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344607","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=344607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}