Former Alabama basketball forward Sam Walters entered the NCAA transfer portal for the second time this offseason — and the third time since the end of the 2023-24 season — on Tuesday.
Walters had announced just five days earlier that he was transferring from Michigan back to the SEC and Mississippi State.
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Instead, his next stop on the transfer portal merry-go-round has him headed to the ACC and Dallas. Walters has signed with the SMU Mustangs, per a report from On3.
Walters averaged 12.3 minutes with 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds per game with Nate Oats’ Crimson Tide as a freshman in 2023-24 when Alabama went on a deep NCAA Tournament run and reached the Final Four for the first time in program history.
He averaged 12.7 minutes, five points and 1.6 rebounds a night in 23 games for Dusty May’s Wolverines last season before suffering a season-ending injury in February.
Walters was a 4-star recruit out of Villages Charter School in Florida that committed to Alabama as the first signee in Oats’ 2023 recruiting class. He was ranked the No. 68 overall recruit and No. 10 power forward by On3 coming out of high school.
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SMU finished 24-11 overall last season and was 13-7 in conference play, falling to No. 3 seed Clemson in the ACC Tournament. The Mustangs reached the NIT and defeated Northern Iowa before falling to Oklahoma State.
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