Kansas is one of the top four choices for transfer guard Melvin Council Jr., he announced on social media on Wednesday afternoon.
KU is in contention along with Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mississippi State for the services of Council, according to a post he made on Instagram in partnership with On3.
Council most recently played at St. Bonaventure. The native of Rochester, New York, is looking for his fourth school after playing two seasons at Monroe College, one at Wagner and one with the Bonnies; he has an extra year to play due to the NCAA’s waiver for former junior-college athletes who would otherwise have exhausted their eligibility following the 2024-25 season.
An athletic and versatile 6-foot-4 guard, Council was third-team All-Atlantic 10 during his lone year at St. Bonaventure, in which he averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, shooting 43.5% overall and 29.9% from deep. He was extremely durable and played 36.9 minutes per game, including all 40 in eight of the Bonnies’ final nine contests, while only committing 1.6 fouls per game.
He had been a first-team all-conference player at Wagner in his home state of New York, helping lead the Seahawks to a victory in the First Four over Howard before they lost to North Carolina.
Council was a two-time NJCAA All-American during his JUCO days and is Monroe’s all-time leading scorer.
Shay Wildeboor of JayhawkSlant.com has reported that Council will soon visit KU’s campus. If Council picks the Jayhawks, he will compete for playing time in the backcourt with the likes of returning redshirt sophomore Elmarko Jackson and senior transfer Jayden Dawson (a fellow A-10 player who arrives from Loyola-Chicago) alongside incoming freshman Darryn Peterson.
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