Miami guard Nijel Pack announces return to school for 2024-25
One of the ACC’s top scorers will be back for another round during the 2024-25 season, with Miami‘s Nijel Pack announcing he will return to school on his Instagram account.
Pack posted a graphic of him dribbling a basketball with the words “Pack is Back” splashed onto it.
The talented Miami junior averaged 13.3 points, 3.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds this season while playing in 25 games. He was not healthy and available the entire season, contributing to some of the Hurricanes’ struggles.
Pack has played at Miami for the past two seasons after becoming one of the first high-profile transfers of the NIL era back in 2022. He spent the first two years of his career at Kansas State, where he made a name for himself as an elite scorer.
As a second-year player with the Wildcats in 2021-22, Pack averaged a career-high 17.4 points, 3.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds. He was deadly, becoming one of the top targets on the transfer market when he entered the portal.
Miami won out for his services, with Pack reportedly securing a large NIL deal in the process.
Pack then went on to help Miami reach the Final Four in his first season with the program. He averaged 13.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game on the run deep into March.
During his career Nijel Pack is a 40.5% career 3-point shooter, a deadeye from beyond the arc.
Miami to get visit from Brandon Johnson
East Carolina transfer forward Brandon Johnson will be visiting the University of Miami on April 1st, he told On3.
Johnson, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound junior, averaged 14 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game this season for the Pirates.
The Raleigh, North Carolina native is currently ranked as the No. 23 overall player in On3’s Transfer Portal Rankings.
The Hurricanes aren’t the only school intrigued by Johnson, as he says he’s also heard from programs like South Carolina, Arkansas, Clemson, Pitt, St. John’s, Notre Dame, and Seton Hall since entering the transfer portal.