KNOXVILLE – Tennessee basketball freshman D.J. Burns has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal.
The news was first reported by Matt Zenitz of Al.com.
The 6-foot-9 forward spent one season with the Volunteers, redshirting after arriving on campus as a 17-year-old who reclassified from the 2019 recruiting class to 2018. The left-hander with a nice touch scored more than 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds during his career at York Preparatory School, and he was ranked as a four-star prospect and the nation’s No. 12 center and 103rd-best prospect.
He could still stay at Tennessee, but his departure would add to the program’s offseason of change. Since a 31-win 2018-19 season, forward Kyle Alexander and guard Admiral Schofield were lost to graduation and juniors Grant Williams and Jordan Bone joined Schofield in being drafted by NBA teams. Junior forward Derrick Walker transferred to Nebraska.
Going into next season, Tennessee will have only two players – juniors John Fulkerson and Yves Pons – returning with any experience with the Vols.