Nebraska guard CJ Wilcher enters the NCAA transfer portal
Nebraska guard CJ Wilcher has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned.
Wilcher was a fourth-year junior in 2023-24 who averaged 7.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game for the Cornhuskers. He shoots a career 36.8% from the 3-point line.
A 6-foot-5 prospect, Wilcher has been productive for Nebraska for three straight seasons. He averaged 8.1 points as a second-year college player in 2021-22, then averaged 8.0 points per game in his third year.
Wilcher scored a season-high 22 points this year in a game against Wisconsin, a game that came on a tail end of a stretch in which he scored in double figures for five straight games.
The talented guard also had a stretch of 13 games in which he scored in double figures 10 times.
Prior to enrolling at Nebraska, CJ Wilcher spent one season at Xavier. He later transferred out of the program after averaging just 3.3 points per game on 10.0 minutes per contest.
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The Cornhuskers have had a handful of portal departures already this cycle prior to Wilcher.
So far, a pair of guards have also entered the portal from Nebraska: Eli Rice and Ramel Lloyd Jr. Meanwhile, big man Blaise Keita also hit the portal.
Rice spent only one season with the Cornhuskers, after signing for the class of 2023.
He was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 270 overall player in the country in the class of 2023, according to the On3 Industry rankings. Prior to coming to Nebraska, Rice spent a season at IMG Academy.
Rice appeared in 17 games this past season for Nebraska, averaging 4.2 points per game. He helped the Cornhuskers reach the NCAA Tournament and earn a No. 8 seed, before they lost to Texas A&M.
Lloyd Jr. came to Nebraska as a three-star recruit in the Class of 2022, according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He was the 135th-ranked player nationally and played his high school basketball at Sierra Canyon in California.
That team at Sierra Canyon was incredibly talented with two McDonald’s All-Americans and five players who went on to play Division I basketball. Lloyd averaged 11.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in 27 games during his senior season at Sierra Canyon.
At 6-foot-6 and 210 lbs, Lloyd brings excellent size to the guard position and was even seen as a forward by many coming out of high school.
On3’s Andrew Graham also contributed to this report.