Tennessee Guard Amari Evans Transfers to Texas

Overview

• Evans, who announced Friday on X, committed to the Longhorns and will stay in the SEC, setting up a likely meeting with Tennessee next season.
• He appeared in 35 of 37 games as a freshman sixth man at Tennessee and averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per game.
• Coaches leaned on his defense as he logged 34 steals and often guarded top wings, which Texas targeted after struggling on that end.
• Texas lost seven of eight rotation players after its Sweet 16 run, and Evans joins portal pickups David Punch and Isaiah Johnson in the overhaul.
• He was a consensus top-80 recruit out of Overtime Elite, flashed scoring with 24 points vs. Vanderbilt, and will compete for wing minutes as Texas also integrates returnee Matas Vokietaitis and McDonald's All-American Austin Goosby.