Florida State forward Waka Mbatch enters NCAA transfer portal
Florida State forward Waka Mbatch entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent two years with the Seminoles.
Mbatch played just two games as a freshman and two this past season with Florida State. He’ll now look elsewhere to continue his college career.
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A graduated from Kotu Senior Secondary School in 2022, Mbatch began playing basketball at the Hope Basketball Academy. He averaged a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in his final season at the Hope Basketball Academy.
Mbatch was also named as the Defensive Player of the Year in the 2022 Championship Season at Hope Academy in 2022. He played in the premier division league in his home country of Gambia.
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Waka Mbatch latest to enter transfer portal
Mbatch was the latest player to enter the transfer portal for Florida State. Guard Chandler Jackson did the same.
Jackson started in just two of the first 60 games he appeared in with the Seminoles. As a junior, he became a regular fixture in the FSU lineup this past season. Jackson started 27 of the 29 games he appeared in during the 2024-25 season, averaging 6.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
He scored in double figures on five occasions, including a 14-point performance during an 82-64 win against Winthrop on Dec. 17. He would go on to score 13 points in another win over Pitt in January, serving as his two highest-scoring performances of this past season.
A Memphis native, Jackson was a four-star recruiting coming out of high school, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, which is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services. He was the No. 89 overall player in the 2022 class, and the No. 13 combo guard in his cycle.
Florida State finished this past season with a 17-15 record, including an 8-12 mark against ACC competition. Their season concluded in the first round of the conference tournament earlier this month, losing to Syracuse 66-62.