6-foot-10 Washington transfer Jackson Grant commits to Montana State

Grant introduced his dedication by way of his Twitter account. As of Thursday night, MSU had not but formally introduced his signing.

Initially from Olympia, Washington, Grant was a McDonald’s All-American as a senior at Olympia Excessive Faculty, and he was named Washington’s Gatorade Participant of the Yr for boys basketball in 2020-21. He was thought-about by ESPN to be the No. 42 prospect within the nation within the Class of 2021 and the No. 2 prospect out of Washington.

Grant performed in 25 video games with the Huskies his freshman season, averaging 6.5 minutes, 1.1 factors and 1.5 rebounds per sport. In line with The Seattle Occasions, head coach Mike Hopkins stated Grant examined constructive for COVID-19 that season and misplaced 10-15 kilos throughout his sickness.

Grant deliberate to redshirt this previous season, in line with the Occasions, however middle Franck Kepnang was misplaced for the yr with an damage on Dec. 1. So as to add depth to the lineup, Grant made his season debut three days later.

He ended up enjoying simply 86 minutes throughout 14 video games in his sophomore season. He had seven complete factors and 21 complete rebounds.

“When Franck went down, he made a selfless determination to do no matter he may to assist the group,” Hopkins advised the Occasions in the course of the season. “Has he performed like he wished to? No. Has he performed in addition to we wished? No. However he’s a heckuva participant that’s simply looking for his method. Everyone has a unique path. It’s been a bit of up and down for Jackson, particularly this yr.”

Grant’s greatest statistical sport this previous season got here when he had 4 factors, six rebounds, one block, one steal and one help in 13 minutes in opposition to Idaho State on Dec. 17. He additionally had two factors and 5 rebounds in 14 minutes on Dec. 9 at Gonzaga. His profession excessive of seven factors at Washington got here in his second sport as a freshman in opposition to Northern Arizona.

Grant turns into the third Washington-born participant on MSU’s roster, becoming a member of Tyler Patterson (Snoqualmie) and RaeQuan Battle (Tulalip). Battle additionally spent the primary two seasons of his collegiate profession at Washington earlier than transferring to MSU.