Florida Atlantic center Matas Vokietaitis commits to Texas out of NCAA transfer portal

Florida Atlantic center Matas Vokietaitis has committed to Texas out of the NCAA transfer portal. That news comes according to a report from ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.

Vokietaitis is a 7-foot center who averaged 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a freshman for Florida Atlantic. He also chipped in 0.8 blocks per contest.

That kind of size and length will certainly help first-year Texas coach Sean Miller in his rebuild of the program. Miller was able to sell Matas Vokietaitis on being part of that turnaround.

During his lone season with the Owls, Vokietaitis started 20 games, appearing in 34 overall. He averaged 17.6 minutes per game, so his ceiling remains quite high as he proves he can soak up more minutes.

Despite his size, Vokietaitis only recorded one game with double-digit rebounds. It was his only double-double of the season.

That came in a game against Tulane, where Vokietaitis had 21 points, 12 rebounds and a block. He fouled out of the contest.

He had other stalwart showings too, though. He also had a 21-point, eight-rebound, three-block night in a game against UAB. In total, Matas Vokietaitis scored in double figures 18 times during his freshman season.

Texas lands another from the transfer portal

Sean Miller is wasting very little time building his inaugural roster at Texas, as evidenced by his pickup of Matas Vokietaitis. But he isn’t the only one.

Former Purdue forward Camden Heide has committed to Texas, via the NCAA transfer portal. He initially entered the transfer portal on April 2.

Heide spent three seasons at Purdue but redshirted his true freshman season. He 36 appearances and eight starts for the Boilermakers this season. The 6-foot-7 redshirt sophomore averaged 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting 49.1% from the floor and 39.2% from beyond the arc.

On3’s Grant Grubbs also contributed to this report.