Baylor Forward Enters Portal

Baylor forward Tounde Yessoufou has entered the NCAA transfer portal after one season in Waco. (on3.com) Yessoufou started all 34 games as a freshman and averaged 17.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.0 steals for the Bears in 2025-26. Baylor’s roster page says he set the program’s freshman single-season records for points, field goals made and field goals attempted. (baylorbears.com) He was one of Baylor’s top scorers on a team that finished 17-17 overall and 6-12 in Big 12 play. Sports-Reference lists Baylor’s season ending with a loss to Oklahoma in the College Basketball Crown semifinals on April 4. (sports-reference.com) The move comes days after reports that Yessoufou had declared for the 2026 NBA Draft. Fox 44 reported that decision on April 17, putting him in the same early-offseason lane as players who test pro interest while weighing college options. (fox44news.com) In college basketball, the transfer portal is the database players use to signal they are open to moving schools. For a player with Yessoufou’s production, entering it turns him into one of the most sought-after names still available this cycle. (ncaa.org) (on3.com) Yessoufou arrived at Baylor with a five-star reputation out of St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria, California. 247Sports ranked him No. 14 nationally in the 2025 class and the No. 2 small forward. (247sports.com) His freshman season included a 37-point game against Brigham Young on Feb. 10 and a 12-rebound game at Houston on March 4. ESPN’s game log shows he scored at least 20 points in nine games. (espn.com) Baylor now heads deeper into the offseason with another major roster decision unresolved for Scott Drew. Yessoufou’s portal entry leaves one of the program’s most productive freshmen weighing whether his next stop is another college campus or the NBA. (si.com) (fox44news.com)