Penn State forward Miles Goodman enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Penn State forward Miles Goodman has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. He only spent one season with the Nittany Lions.

Goodman made 13 appearances for Penn State this season, averaging 1.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game. The 6-foot-11 forward had his best game of the season in Penn State’s blowout loss against UCLA on Feb. 8.

In the loss, Goodman played a career-high 17 minutes, tallying four points and three rebounds while shooting 2-2 from the field. In fairness, Goodman was fighting an uphill battle this season.

Goodman suffered a shoulder injury before the season that required surgery. Goodman was unable to return to the court until Jan. 2. Penn State head coach Mike Rhoades later discussed Goodman’s injury.

“The No. 1 thing I said going into this season is we got to stay healthy. That was No. 1,” Rhoades said. “And the second day of practice, Miles goes down.

“… “The freshmen don’t know what they don’t know. They got to go through it. Miles getting hurt, he was out for six months. That’s a tough one there. But I think the other guys, there’s been some development there that we can lean on as we move forward.”

Miles Goodman played high school basketball at Southern California Academy (CA), where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 99 overall player and No. 16 power forward in the 2024 recruiting cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Goodman is the third Penn State player to enter the transfer portal this offseason. He is joined by guard Jahvin Carter and small forward Hudson Ward.

Penn State had a tumultuous 2024-25 season. The Nittany Lions finished the year with a 16-15 overall record but went 6-14 in conference play and didn’t finish high enough in the Big Ten standings to earn a spot in the conference tournament.

It was a step back for Mike Rhoades in his second season at the helm of the program after going 9-11 in conference play in the 2023-24 campaign. After Penn State’s season finale, Rhoades reflected on the Nittany Lions’ year.

“I came here to build a program that wins Big Ten games. And last year and this year, we’ve had moments that you can say, ‘Okay, some good things.’ But this year … too much faltering when we needed to prosper,” Rhoades said.

“The reevaluation of everything we do in our program, to build this culture and to build our style of play and to build our roster and team, is going to be — really, it already has — but it’s going to be evaluated to the highest level.”