Kansas lands Richardson product Rylan Griffen in transfer portal

Former Alabama guard Rylan Griffen has signed with Kansas out of the transfer portal, the university announced on Friday.

Griffen, a Richardson High School product and Dallas native, started 33 of 36 games for the Crimson Tide last season. He averaged 11.2 points and 3.4 rebounds on an Alabama team that made a run to the Final Four last season.

He was a four-star recruit at Richardson and was rated the second-best shooting guard in the nation and the fifth-best overall player in Texas in the Class of 2022. He helped Richardson reach the Class 6A state semifinals as a junior, then averaged 20.6 points as a senior and finished his high school career with more than 2,000 points.

“Rylan’s won everywhere he’s been,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “He’s a solid shooter, making 39 percent from three-point range on last season’s Final Four team at Alabama. He’s also a solid defender, often guarding the best perimeter player on the opposing team. Rylan fits our system well.”

Staff writer Greg Riddle contributed to this story.

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