Shamar Porter has officially committed to UConn out of the transfer portal.
Porter made the announcement that he’d be joining the Huskies on social media on Sunday.
Porter redshirted in his lone season at Kentucky after not appearing for the Wildcats last fall.
Porter entered the portal twice this offseason. He originally entered after the season on December 4th but withdrew four days later on December 8th. However, after the spring, he decided to re-enter on April 22nd with him actually leaving Lexington two weeks later.
Porter played high school football at Ensworth as a native of Nashville, Tennessee. He was a four-star prospect there as the No. 285 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also rated as the No. 40 WR and the No. 5 player out of his state.
With this decision, Porter, one of 22 transfers to leave Kentucky this offseason, is now the 12th to commit to a new program. Of those 22 total, 13 are from the offensive side of the ball. Five of those, including Porter, are receivers along with Dekel Crowdus (Hawaii) as well as Darius Cannon, Raymond Cottrell, and Ardell Banks.
As for Connecticut, Porter is the 22nd portal addition for the Huskies this offseason. 10 of those are for the offense with over half of those being receivers. TJ Sheffield (Purdue), Skyler Bell (Wisconsin), Jasaiah Gathings (Akron), Keegan Jones (UCLA), and Jayden Brown (Gardner-Webb) also decided to come to Storrs.
This report will be updated further
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