{"id":857635,"date":"2026-04-06T22:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857635\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:11:15","slug":"rutgers-basketball-forward-bryce-dortch-to-enter-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857635\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers Basketball forward Bryce Dortch to enter Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rutgers Basketball has suffered its first transfer portal departure of the offseason, as sophomore forward Bryce Dortch<\/a> has become the initial Scarlet Knight expected to enter portal when it officially opens on April 7th, as reported by On3\u2019s Joe Tipton.<\/p>\n

Dortch spent two years at Rutgers<\/a> and was a part of the historic 2024 recruiting class. Over his Rutgers career, he averaged 1.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in 43 games played, at both forward and center.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-9, 210-pound second-year forward initially joined the program out of Somerville, Massachusetts, as a top-200 player in the 2024 recruiting class. He came in out of high school alongside Dylan Harper<\/a>, Ace Bailey<\/a>, Lathan Sommerville<\/a>, and Dylan Grant<\/a> to make up the nation\u2019s sixth-best recruiting class.<\/p>\n

Dortch was originally set to redshirt as a true freshman, as he adjusted to the Big Ten and college game, as well as add size to his frame, as a forward, but injuries to the Scarlet Knights\u2019 big man rotation \u2014 notably a then-season-ending injury to center Emmanuel Ogbole<\/a> \u2014 pressed the true freshman into action. <\/p>\n

He opted to burn his redshirt and played in the final 12 games of the 2024-25 season as a backup center. His best performance came in a win over USC<\/a>, where he recorded nine points, two rebounds, and two blocks.<\/p>\n

As a sophomore, the forward continued his development as a backup center behind Ogbole, with increased playing time in the 2025-26 campaign. He averaged 2.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game while playing in 31 of Rutgers\u2019 34 games, with three starts.<\/p>\n

He departs with two years of Big Ten experience as a forward and center, and will now continue his college basketball career elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Dortch will have two years of eligibility remaining to play elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rutgers Basketball has suffered its first transfer portal departure of the offseason, as sophomore forward Bryce Dortch has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[117002,7,49,48,2117,58070],"class_list":{"0":"post-857635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-bryce-dortch-24-brimmer-and-may-school","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-nj","13":"tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights-piscataway"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116360058191196933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}