Transfer portal tracker: Who is staying, and who is leaving at UNC, NC State, Wake, Duke
Men’s college basketball free agency is in full swing since the NCAA’s transfer portal window opened, allowing undergraduate players to officially declare their intention to change schools.
The portal season’s opening arrived a week later this season, moving from just after the NCAA Tournament selection day until the day following the tournament’s second round.
Only four teams remain in the national title picture after Sunday, and the number of announcements is likely to pick up as more teams enter the offseason.
The portal closes on April 22, marking the end of the time when undergrads to enter their names in the portal. Players don’t have to chose their new schools by that date.
With Duke still alive in the NCAA Tournament, players from N.C. State, Wake Forest and North Carolina are able to make moves before the any Blue Devils who wish to depart.
N.C. State’s new coach, Will Wade, is already working to rebuild the Wolfpack roster, as are UNC coach Hubert Davis and Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes.
UNC had one of the first major defections when point guard Elliot Cadeau entered the portal and soon announced he was committed to Michigan. The Tar Heels have picked up a commitment from forward Jonathan Powell, who left West Virginia after his freshman year, On3 sports reported.
The Tar Heels also have added 7-foot forward Henri Veesaar, an Estonia native who spent three years in the Arizona program before entering the portal. Veesaar, who averaged 9.4 points and 5 rebounds a game for the Wildcats last season, committed April 4 to the Tar Heels., 247Sports reported.
The Heels more recently have had Ian Jackson and Cade Tyson decide to enter the portal. Jackson, a freshman last season, is a former 5-star recruit.
A plus for the Heels: versatile guard Seth Trimble announced he would remain in the program and play the 2025-26 season.
N.C. State also picked up two major contributors this week, with Alyn Breed and Quadir Copeland following head coach Will Wade to Raleigh. Copeland is no stranger to the ACC, playing his first two seasons with Syracuse, and going 2-1 against the 2023-24 Wolfpack. Copeland and the Orange were on the losing side in the Pack’s 2024 ACC Championship run.
Check back here throughout portal season for comings and goings from N.C. State, North Carolina and Duke rosters.
N.C. State Wolfpack transfer portal
Players out
Ben Middlebrooks: The former transfer from Clemson spent two years with the Pack and helped NCSU win the 2024 ACC championship and reach the 2024 NCAA Final Four. The 6-10 forward averaged 7.5 points and 4.2 rebounds this past season.
Dennis Parker Jr.: The sophomore forward averaged 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds in 29 games for the Pack this season. The former 4-star recruit from Richmond, Va.., started 12 games during the 2023-24 season but none this season.
UPDATE: Parker Jr. committed to Radford.
Marcus Hill: The Pack’s leading scorer, who averaged 11.5 points a game in his first season at NCSU, is back in the portal. The 6-4 senior guard came to State from Bowling Green., where he was a first-team All-MAC selection.
UPDATE: Hill committed to Texas A&M.
Mike James: The 6-5 junior guard transferred to NCSU from Louisville after last season but never was able to be cleared medically to play and was redshirted this season. Averaged 12.6 points for the Cardinals in 2023-24.
UPDATE: James committed to Vanderbilt.
Bryce Heard: The 6-5 freshman guard from Chicago didn’t play any more than nine minutes in any ACC game in his lone season with the Wolfpack. He played in 24 games, averaging just 1.2 points.
UPDATE: Heard has committed to Dayton.
Ismael Diouf: The junior forward from Canada saw little playing time, averaging 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 18 games.
UPDATE: Diouf committed to Northern Iowa.
Trey Parker: Parker, a 6-foot-1 freshman from Fayetteville, appeared in 27 games for N.C. State last season. He averaged 4.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He appeared poised to return but entered the portal on April 11.
Dontrez Styles: The 6-6 senior played two seasons at UNC, one season at Georgetown and his most recent with N.C. State. He entered the portal in case the NCAA grants student-athletes a fifth season of eligibility. Styles averaged 10.9 points and 4.8 rebounds this season. He was one of the team’s more consistent shooters, making 43% of his field goal attempts and 35.6% of his 3-pointers.
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield: Huntley-Hatfield is back in the portal after transferring to N.C. State from Louisville. In the 6-10 center’s lone season with the Pack, he averaged 7.2 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. Huntley-Hatfield missed a substantial portion of the ACC schedule due to injury.
Breon Pass: The four-year Wolfpack guard entered the portal, as well, joining most of his teammates. Pass, listed at 6-1, played his entire career at N.C. State and became a regular in the rotation last season. He averaged 4.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Like Styles, Huntley-Hatfield and Middlebrooks, he entered the portal in the event players can receive a fifth year of eligibility.
Players in
Alyn Breed: The 6-3 guard follows new N.C. State head coach Will Wade from McNeese State. Breed played two games last season before he was sidelined with an injury. In his two games, Breed recorded 17.5 points and three rebounds. He also played three seasons at Providence, where he never averaged more than five points per game.
Quadir Copeland: N.C. State picked up McNeese transfer Quadir Copeland, who played his first two seasons at Syracuse. Copeland, listed at 6-6, averaged 9.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his lone season with the Cowboys. He faced N.C. State three times during the 2023-24 season with the Orange and averaged 13.6 points in the trio of games.
Tre Holloman: The Wolfpack added Tre Holloman from Michigan State, fresh off a run to the Elite Eight. Holloman is a four-star transfer, according to 247Sports, and ranks No. 18 among point guards. He averaged 9.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game for the Spartans last season.
Colt Langdon: The freshman transferred from Butler, where he redshirted. Langdon is originally from Raleigh and is the all-time scoring leader at Millbrook High School with 1,754 points. He reclassified and played three high school seasons. As a junior, Langdon averaged 26.4 points, 10 rebound, 1.7 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.
Jerry Deng: The Wolfpack picked up a commitment from Florida State wing Jerry Deng. He is listed at 6-foot-9 and 225 pounds. He averaged 7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Deng scored a season-high 16 points, with four 3s, against UNC in February.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons transfer portal
Players out
Davin Cosby: Having started his career at Alabama before transferring to Wake this season, the 6-5 sophomore guard appeared in 17 games for the Deacs, averaging 5.6 points while making just 35% of his shots from the field. He started nine games early but only appeared as a reserve in three of Wake’s final 18 games.
UPDATE: Cosby will play next season at Kennesaw State.
Parker Friedrichsen: A 6-4 sophomore, he played in all but one game Wake Forest this season but posted pedestrian statistics, averaging 3.2 points while making only 25% of his 3-pointers. After scoring 18 points in a 77-66 win at SMU on Feb. 15, Friedrichsen scored only nine points the rest of the season.
UPDATE: Friedrichsen has announced he will play next season at Davidson.
Ty-Laur Johnson: A primary ballhandler for Wake this season, the Brooklyn native moved into the starting lineup for ACC play. He started Wake’s final 19 games, finishing with season averages of 6.1 points and 2.7 assists per game.
Efton Reid III: A reliable source of minutes for the Deacs this season, Reid scored 9 points per game for Wake Forest with 7 rebounds per outing. Reid would need a waiver to play and extra season.
Mason Hagedorn: He redshirted this past season as a freshman and has yet to see any playing time.
Players in
Cooper Schwieger: The 6-10, 230-pound center/forward played at Valparaiso this past season, where he was All-MVC. He averages 33 minutes, 16 points, and 8 rebounds per game and had 68 blocks.
Myles Colvin: The 6-5, 205-pound guard played limited minutes with Purdue last season, averaging just five points per game in an average of 18 minutes per game while hitting 31% from the 3-point line.
UNC Tar Heels transfer portal
Players out
Elliot Cadeau: The point guard has had inconsistent play in his two seasons at UNC with his shooting, ballhandling and inability to stay out of foul trouble. He arrived a year earlier than planned in 2023 and has two years of eligibility remaining..
UPDATE: Cadeau has made a commitment to Michigan.
Jalen Washington: The forward has had some big moments for the Heels this season, including game-sealing block against NC State, but saw his role decline as Ven-Allen Lubin and Jae’Lyn Withers were starters down the stretch and in NCAAs.
UPDATE: Washington will play next season for Vanderbilt in the SEC.
Ian Jackson: A dynamic guard for UNC this past season, Jackson proved to be an explosive, if inconsistent offensive player for the Tar Heels. A five-star recruit out of the Bronx, the 6-4 wing scored 20 or more points eight times while averaging 11.9 points per game for the season.
UPDATE: Jackson has committed to play at St. John’s.
Cade Tyson: Transfer from Belmont was expected to give Heels a dependable 3-point shooter but the 6-7 forward played little, shooting 29% from 3 and averaging 2.6 points a game.
Players in
Jonathan Powell: The 6-6 forward is transferring to UNC from West Virginia, where he averaged 8.3 points and 3.1 rebounds as as freshman this season, according to On3 sports. Powell was the Big 12 leader among freshmen with 64 made 3-pointers.
Henri Veesaar: The 7-foot forward averaged 9.4 points and 5.0 rebounds at Arizona last season and shot 32.7% from 3.
Jarin Stevenson: The Chapel Hill native spent two years at Alabama but has moved back home to join a program that pursued the 6-11 forward as a 4-star recruit at Seaforth High in Pittsboro.
Kyan Evans: The 6-1 point guard played two years at Colorado State and averaged 10.6 points and 3 rebounds a game this past season as a sophomore, starting 36 games. Shot 44.6% from 3 last season., going 8-of-13 from 3 in two NCAA games.
Jaydon Young: After two years at Virginia Tech., Young is joining the UNC program after a sophomore season that had the 6-4, 200-pound guard average 8.1 points a game. Started 10 of the Hokies’ 32 games last season.
Players staying
Seth Trimble: The versatile 6-3 guard averaged 11.6 points and five rebounds a game and was UNC’s leading rebounder much of the 2024-25 season.
Duke Blue Devils transfer portal
Players out
As of May 7, Duke does not have any outgoing transfers.
Players in
Cedric Coward: Coward, a small forward, committed to play for the Blue Devils after spending four years at Washington State. He averaged 17.7 points and seven rebounds in six appearances last season.
Ifeanyi Ufochukwu: Ufochukwu committed to Duke after spending three years at Rice. He played two seasons and redshirted his junior year in 2024-25. In his sophomore season, the center averaged 1.8 points and 0.6 rebounds per game.
This story was originally published March 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM.
