At the end of last month, one of VCU’s key starters announced that he would enter the transfer portal as the Rams’ head coach left to take the head job at Penn State. Over three weeks later, Jayden Nunn has come out of the other side of the NCAA transfer portal as a member of the Baylor Bears men’s basketball program.
Nunn, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from Flint, Michigan, took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. He affirmed his transfer to the Big 12 program. Nunn spent the 2022-23 season with the Rams, shooting 43.3 percent from the floor and 40.4 percent from beyond the arc.
#SicEm 🐻🐻 pic.twitter.com/remTX17jJh
— JAYDEN NUNN (@nunn_jayden) April 18, 2023
Nunn appeared in 35 games this past season with the Rams. He averaged 9.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in those contests. Nunn also shot 70 percent from the free-throw line, as well.
In VCU’s lone 2023 NCAA Tournament game — a 63-51 loss to the Saint Mary’s Gaels — Nunn scored nine points on 3-of-10 shooting and added nine rebounds. The game prior, to VCU’s Atlantic-10 Championship victory over Dayton, Nunn had five points, six rebounds, and three assists.
The Bears went into the transfer portal and were able to bring in a diverse shot-maker to Waco.
The college sports world reacted to the news of the Jayden Nunn transfer on social media:
Love this for Baylor.
Last year the Bears lost the defensive identity that made them so successful the previous few years. Bringing in Nunn to a backcourt with Langston Love, Miro Little, and Ja'Kobe Walter should help restore it. All are 6'4+ and switchable on D https://t.co/mOcWfDyhuD
— Everyone Hoops (@Everyone_Hoops) April 18, 2023
Jayden Nunn on Baylor:
“Baylor is more than a just basketball team, they make you feel like family,” he said. “They have a winning culture surrounded by Scott Drew and his coaching experience at Baylor. They have recruited me harder than any other college team I have ever been… https://t.co/Zoqo7WSunn
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) April 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/EvanHebert/status/1648366605800292357?s=20
.@BaylorMBB lands a guard with a ton of upside. Jayden should make an immediate impact on the defensive end. https://t.co/wl2H5hBk5x
— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) April 18, 2023
Lengthy defensive guard who shoots 40% from 3? Yeah, that’ll do. https://t.co/GWEjK86yP8
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) April 18, 2023
NEWS: VCU transfer Jayden Nunn has committed to Baylor, he told ESPN. At 6'4 and 19-years old, Nunn's ability to generate turnovers, finish with explosiveness, and diverse shot-making prowess gives him significant two-way versatility.
STORY: https://t.co/PGnquvpEQU pic.twitter.com/IjZcrPw1cr
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 18, 2023
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Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.