Baylor PF Joshua Ojianwuna enters NCAA transfer portal

Baylor power forward Joshua Ojianwuna has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. He spent the past three seasons with the Bears and has one year of eligibility remaining.

After playing a reserve role his first two years in Waco, Ojianwuna moved into the starting lineup in 2024-25 and started all 23 games he played in. He averaged 7.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game across 24.7 minutes as Baylor earned a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

A native of Nigeria, Ojianwuna played high school basketball for the NBA Global Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a three-star prospect. He ranked as the No. 138 overall player and No. 38 center in the 2022 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Ojianwuna is the seventh Baylor player to enter the portal this offseason. Other players include point guard Rob Wright and shooting guard Langston Love.

Additionally, Baylor has added five players through the transfer portal. Big man Juslin Bodo Bodo, a 7-footer who averaged 5.3 points and 8.4 rebounds for High Point, is one candidate to soak up the playing time that Ojianwuna received.

The college basketball transfer portal officially opened for business on Monday, March 24, and will close on Tuesday, April 22. As of this writing, more than 1,000 players had already entered their names.

Last spring alone, 1,962 Division I players tested the portal waters. Based on the early numbers from this year, even more could follow. For the first time in history, more than half of the points scored in college basketball were scored by players from the transfer portal, not high school, in the 2024-25 season.

In data gathered over the first two years with transfer windows, the NCAA found most athletes enter the portal within the first four weeks of the portal opening. The study showed that 73% of men’s and women’s basketball undergraduate athletes entered during the first four weeks. That increased to 82% for men and 86% for women in 2024.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.