Nomadic Playing Careers: Tyreek Smith Aligns With His Fifth Different School

One third of NCAA players have switched schools at least once. Jalen Coleman-Landis, Charlie Moore and Deivon Smith competed with four different power-conference members. They are among the following alphabetical list of vagabonds playing for four different DI schools:

Nomadic Player Pos. First School Second School Third School Fourth School
Fardaws Aimaq F-C Mercer 19 Utah Valley 21-22 Texas Tech 23 California 24
Joseph Bamisile G Virginia Tech 21 George Washington 22 Oklahoma 23 Virginia Commonwealth 24
Noah Baumann G San Jose State 18-19 Southern California 21 Georgia 22 Grand Canyon 23
Darius Beane G Southern Illinois 19 Northern Illinois 20-21 Cal State Northridge 22 Lindenwood 24
Tyler Bertram G Charlotte 20 Binghamton 21-22 UAB 23 Albany 24
Allen Betrand G Towson 19-20 Rhode Island 21 Rider 23 Norfolk State 24
Jordan Brinson G UAB 20 Utah Valley 21 Fresno State 23 Cal State Northridge 24
Jordan Brown F Nevada 19 Arizona 21 Louisiana-Lafayette 22-23 Memphis 24
Rod Brown F Wichita State 19 New Mexico 21 Jacksonville 22 Tarleton State 23
Jalen Coleman-Lands G Illinois 16-17 DePaul 19-20 Iowa State 21 Kansas 22
Mikey Dion G Quinnipiac 17 St. John's 19 Grand Canyon 20-21 Idaho 22
Aaron Estrada G Saint Peter's 20 Oregon 21 Hofstra 22-23 Alabama 24
Ferron Flavors G Fairfield 18 California Baptist 20 Oklahoma State 21 Robert Morris 22
Harrison Henderson F Southern California 17-18 Milwaukee 20 Southern LA 21 Central Michigan 22
Donovan Ivory G Massachusetts-Lowell 20 Boise State 21 Green Bay 22 Southern Mississippi 23-24
Vance Jackson F Connecticut 17 New Mexico 19-20 Arkansas 21 East Carolina 22
David Jenkins Jr. G South Dakota State 18-19 UNLV 21 Utah 22 Purdue 23
Isaac Kante F Georgia 18 Hofstra 20-21 Long Island 22 Massachusetts 23
Keonte Kennedy G-F Xavier 19 Texas-El Paso 21-22 Memphis 23 California 24
Maks Klanjscek G Kansas City 20 Maine 22 Houston Christian 23 Oklahoma 24
Dusan Mahorcic F Illinois State 21 Utah 22 North Carolina State 23 Duquesne 24
Brendan Medley-Bacon C Coppin State 19-20 Virginia Commonwealth 21 McNeese State 22 North Carolina Central 23
Charlie Moore G California 17 Kansas 19 DePaul 20-21 Miami 22
Prince Oduro F Siena 18 Mississippi State 20 South Florida 21 Detroit 22
Joe Petrakis F Kansas State 21 Western Carolina 22 Illinois State 23 Western Illinois 24
Deivon Smith G Mississippi State 21 Georgia Tech 22-23 Utah 24 St. John's 25
*Tyreek Smith F Texas Tech 21 Oklahoma State 22-23 Southern Methodist 24 Kansas State 26
Tai Strickland G Wisconsin 19 Temple 21-22 Georgia Southern 23 Long Island 24
Connor Vanover C California 19 Arkansas 21-22 Oral Roberts 23 Missouri 24
Michael Weathers G Miami Ohio 17 Oklahoma State 19 Texas Southern 21 Southern Methodist 22
Rashad Williams G Cleveland State 19 Oakland 20-21 Saint Louis 22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 24
Shawn Williams G East Carolina 18-19 New Mexico State 20 Nicholls State 21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 22

*Tyreek Smith left Memphis just before start of 2024-25 campaign.