Louisiana Tech transfer G Amaree Abram commits to Tennessee

Louisiana Tech transfer guard Amaree Abram has committed to Tennessee, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. He spent just one season with the Bulldogs and will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Abram started all 32 games this past season and averaged a career-high 12.3 points along with 4.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game. He also showed his talent as a sharpshooter with a 37.3% clip from 3-point range.

Abram is considered the No. 231 overall player and No. 18 combo guard in the transfer portal according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He joins a Vols team coming off of a an Elite Eight appearance after earning a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament

The 6-foot-4 guard began his career at Ole Miss in the 2022-23 season. He started in 22 of 33 games that year while putting up 8.0 points per game.

Abram then transferred to Georgia Tech following his true freshman year with the Rebels. However, he appeared in only 10 games and took a redshirt to maintain a year of eligibility.

Abram played high school basketball at South California Academy, where he was a four-star prospect. He ranked as the No. 76 overall player and No. 10 point guard in the 2022 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Abram is the third player that Tennessee has added through the portal this season, joining power forward Jaylen Carey and point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie. The Vols also lost small forward Darlinstone Dubar and rank No. 12 in On3’s Transfer Portal Team Rankings.

The college basketball transfer portal officially opened for business on Monday, March 24, and closed on Tuesday, April 22. More than 1,000 players had 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.