{"id":713087,"date":"2026-04-18T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:54:21","slug":"uconn-sf-jaylin-stewart-plans-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713087\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn SF Jaylin Stewart plans to enter NCAA transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/uconn-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">UConn<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jaylin-stewart-59051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jaylin Stewart<\/a> plans to enter the NCAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">transfer portal<\/a>, his reps at Klutch Sports told On3\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/on3.com\/user\/joe-tipton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joe Tipton<\/a>. He started 12 games out of 32 appearances as a junior this past season.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart was a key role player for UConn the last two years. In 2025-26, he averaged 4.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists off the bench as the Huskies made a run to the national championship. That came after he put up 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds as a sophomore in 2024-25 when he played in 35 games, including 12 starts.<\/p>\n<p>As a freshman at UConn in 2023-24, Stewart averaged 2.5 points and 1.2 rebounds across 8.9 minutes per game as the Huskies won the national championship. He appeared in 37 games that year off the bench and will have one year of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3\u2019s Transfer Portal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/wire\/basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wire<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/transferportal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TransferPortal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X account<\/a>\u00a0are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylin Stewart played high school basketball at Seattle (Wash.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/high-school\/garfield-seattle-wa-4199\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Garfield<\/a>, where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 60 overall player and top-ranked player from the state of Washington out of the 2023 cycle, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/rivals-industry-ratings-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is the fifth player expected to transfer from UConn this offseason. Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/eric-reibe-179412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Eric Reibe<\/a> also entered the portal after the window opened after averaging 5.9 points and 3.3 rebounds this past season. Reibe is the No. 59 overall player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/transfer-portal\/industry\/basketball\/2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">On3 Industry Transfer Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UConn has also added one player from the transfer market so far. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/seton-hall-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Seton Hall<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/najai-hines-238393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Najai Hines<\/a> committed to the Huskies after contributing as a freshman this past season. Across 31 games, he averaged 6.5 points and 5.5 rebounds, along with 2.2 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<p>UConn entered the 2026 NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed after making it to the Big East Tournament championship, which ended with a loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/st-johns-red-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">St. John\u2019s<\/a>. The Huskies then went back to the national title game for the third time in four years \u2013 a run that included an all-time shot from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/braylon-mullins-236720\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Braylon Mullins<\/a> to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/devils-illustrated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Duke<\/a> in the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n<p>UConn\u2019s season came to an end against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/michigan-wolverines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Michigan<\/a> in the national championship earlier this month. The Huskies finished with a 34-6 overall record, including a 17-3 mark in Big East play this past season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UConn forward Jaylin Stewart plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, his reps at Klutch Sports told On3\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,88907],"class_list":{"0":"post-713087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jaylin-stewart-23-garfield"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116425107937352111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}