Nebraska guard Ramel Lloyd Jr. enters Transfer Portal
Nebraska Cornhuskers shooting guard Ramel Lloyd Jr. has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.
Ramel 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.
As a freshman for the 2022-23 season, Lloyd used his redshirt and worked on the scout team for Nebraska. He was also on the Tom Osborn Citizen Team in 2023. He was hoping to make an impact for the Cornhuskers in 2023-24, playing well during the team’s trip to Spain. However, injuries derailed his season and kept him off the court.
It was a good season for Nebraska as a whole, going 23-11 and making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since Fred Hoiberg took over the program in 2019. However, the Cornhuskers were knocked out by Texas A&M in their first tournament game.
His father, Ramel Lloyd, played at Syracuse and Long Beach State during his own college career. That was between 1996 and 2001.
Nebraska and the Transfer Portal
The Transfer Portal opened up on Monday, March 18th, ahead of the start of the NCAA Tournament. It will be open for 45 days after the initial date that it opened, making it interesting for teams still playing that have players who may want to transfer, and coaches still coaching will already have begun roster and player evaluations for next season.
Nebraska’s season ended in the NCAA Tournament. So, it’s not surprising that no players chose to enter the portal while the team was still alive this season. However, now that the season is over for the Cornhuskers, there’s probably going to be some movement. That started with Ramel Lloyd Jr., who is the first Nebraska player to enter the Transfer Portal in the 2024 cycle.
Lloyd makes for an interesting transfer prospect after having a very good high school career but struggling to get his college career started to this point.
From here, it will be interesting to see how many more players Nebraska loses to the Transfer Portal and how active head coach Fred Hoiberg chooses to be in the portal.