Malik Presley became the second Texas basketball player to transfer away when he announced his decision to enter the portal on Friday afternoon, according to a report from On3.
Presley, a 6-foot-6 wing from nearby San Marcos, did not play this past season as a redshirt sophomore. He had transferred to Texas a year ago after appearing in 26 games with five starts for Vanderbilt as a freshman. A star at San Marcos High School who averaged 20.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, four assists and 1.7 steals as a senior, Presley held an offer from Texas out of high school before joining the Commodores.
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Texas wing Malik Presley reacts from the bench during the Longhorns’ loss against Oklahoma at Moody Center on March 8. A redshirt sophomore from San Marcos, Presley will reportedly transfer out of Texas after one season in Austin.
Presley joins Devon Pryor as the two Longhorns to leave in the portal after Texas hired Sean Miller to replace the fired Rodney Terry on March 24.
Miller and his recently completed staff now have some work left to do on the roster. The Longhorns retained guards Tramon Mark, Chendall Weaver and Jordan Pope and have picked up portal commitments from forwards Dailyn Swain (Xaxier) and Cam Heide (Purdue) as well as post Matas Vokietaitis (Florida Atlantic). Reserve forward Nic Codie has said he’s returning to Texas, and forward Jamie Vinson has yet to announce whether he’ll return after playing 44 minutes this past season for a squad that went 19-16 and lost to Xavier in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four.
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John Clark, a four-star forward from Houston and the only member of the Longhorns’ 2025 recruiting class, has also apparently stuck with Texas. That leaves Miller with at least six scholarships available for next season, pending expected approval of the NCAA settlement that would pay college athletes and expand scholarship limits to 15 roster spots for men’s basketball programs.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Malik Presley: Texas men’s basketball player enters transfer portal
