A former Clemson basketball player has entered the transfer portal for the second straight year.
RJ Godfrey, a key reserve on the Tigers’ 2023-24 team that went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, has reentered the transfer portal after spending a year with coach Mike White and the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Godfrey averaged 15.6 minutes a night during the Tigers’ 2023-24 season, which saw Brad Brownell’s team beat New Mexico, No. 3 seed Baylor and No. 2 seed Arizona before falling in the Elite Eight to Alabama. He averaged six points and 3.4 rebounds per game and shot 59.5 percent from the field in 36 games but did not start.
Godfrey scored a season-high 19 points in the Tigers’ 109-79 win over Queens University on Dec. 22, 2023. He had 12 points in the team’s 89-82 Elite Eight loss to Alabama.
After transferring to Georgia, where his father Randall Godfrey was a starting linebacker in the early 90s, Godfrey started all 33 games for the Bulldogs this past season. He averaged 19.5 minutes, 6.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Georgia finished 20-13 and reached the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed. They lost to No. 8 seed Gonzaga in the first round of the tournament.
Could a return to Clemson be in the works for Godfrey? The Tigers lost five different starters from their 2024-25 team, including big men Ian Schieffelin (graduation/eligibility), Chauncey Wiggins (transfer portal) and Viktor Lakhin (graduation/eligibility).
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Clemson currently has just two returning scholarship players: guard Dillon Hunter and center Christian Reeves.
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