Let’s take a look at which Horned Frogs left the program and who the newest additions are.
Gone are the days of anticipating high school recruits’ collegiate debuts. While not all anticipation is lost, focus has shifted toward the ever-important transfer portal. Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) has caused a seismic shift in collegiate sports.
NIL collectives are recruiting players, offering lucrative deals as an incentive; schools are hiring general managers to oversee tasks like recruiting, negotiating NIL deals, and managing the transfer portal; and player movement, elongating collegiate careers, is at an all-time high.
Thus, keeping track of who’s in and who’s out in today’s rapidly evolving collegiate climate is almost impossible. That’s why we’re here to recap the slew of players who have left the TCU Horned Frogs’ program and the newcomers.
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Outgoing Transfers
Vasean Allette
New School: UTSA
Vasean Allette came to TCU following an impressive freshman season suiting up for the Old Dominion Monarchs. He averaged a team-high 17.4 points per game before being dismissed from the program midseason for “conduct unbecoming of a Monarch.”
Allette then took his talents to Fort Worth, where he averaged 11.4 points per contest, finishing second on the team in scoring. The sophomore also contributed 4.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.3 steals. Allette’s best moment as a Horned Frog came when he knocked down a three-point buzzer-beater from a full-court heave to knock off the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 73-72, in February.
Following a solid sophomore campaign in Fort Worth, Allette entered the transfer portal on March 18. The 21-year-old guard nearly two months before deciding to remain in Texas and take his talents to UTSA.
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Frankie Collins
New School: Vanderbilt
TCU was Frankie Collins’ third collegiate stop. He began his career at the University of Michigan before playing two seasons in Tempe for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Prior to TCU, Collins averaged 13.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.6 steals for the Sun Devils, making him TCU’s second-highest rated transfer in the 2024 class.
Collins’ TCU career was rather short-lived. He appeared in nine contests, all starts, averaging 11.2 points and 4.4 assists before going down with a broken foot, coincidentally against Vanderbilt, the school he transferred to ahead of the 2025-26 season.
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Isaiah Manning
New School: Sam Houston
Isaiah Manning came to TCU as a three-star recruit from nearby Mansfield Legacy High School. In his first season, alongside fellow 2023 signee Jase Posey, Manning redshirted.
The 6-foot-8 wing made his first appearance for the Jamie Dixon-led squad on November 4, against Florida A&M, when he scored a career-high 10 points. Manning appeared in 24 contests a season ago, totaling 48 points. Manning entered the portal on March 24. He ultimately decided to attend Sam Houston on April 11.
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Ernest Udeh Jr.
New School: Miami
TCU’s most devastating loss in the transfer portal was undoubtedly Ernest Udeh Jr. The junior big man was the Horned Frogs’ most impactful player. Udeh Jr. averaged 6.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.3 blocks, and 1.4 steals per game. While not overly impressive counting stats, Udeh Jr. led the Frogs in win shares, box plus/minus, and player efficiency rating.
The athletic big man improved mightily after coming to Kansas as a top recruit. He went from averaging 8.3 minutes as a freshman to 17.3 in his first season in TCU as a sophomore to 26.6 per game as a junior.
After two successful seasons in Fort Worth, Udeh Jr. entered the transfer portal on April 1, finding a new home merely three days later, landing at the University of Miami.
Incoming Transfers
Jayden Pierre
Previous School: Providence
By way of Providence, two-year starting shooting guard, Jayden Pierre, is TCU’s highest-rate transfer portal addition. Pierre played three seasons for the Friars, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists. His best season came as a junior, when he totaled 12.3 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.1 three-pointers per contest.
Pierre is an athletic combo guard who’s equally proficient at launching deep threes as he is at slashing to the rim. 70 percent of the 6-foot-2 guards’ points came via above the break threes and paint field goals. Although not a primary ball handler, Pierre ranked second on the team in assists as a sophomore and tied for first as a junior. He’s adept in the pick-and-roll and utilizes a shifty handle to score in isolation.
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Brock Harding
Previous School: Iowa
Along with Fran McCaffrey’s departure from Iowa basketball came a mass exodus, as 10 players left the program—Brock Harding being one of them. Harding played two seasons under McCaffrey, averaging 6.1 points, 3.9 assists, and 1.1 steals. Like Pierre, Hardings’ best season came in 2024-25, where he averaged 8.8 points and 5.3 assists per game—the fourth-best mark in the Big 10.
A diminutive guard, Harding is a natural floor general. The 6-foot guard is a terrific table-setter who routinely makes the right read. Harding works well in pick-and-roll action and finds cutters and spot-up shooters better than any TCU guard in recent memory.
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Liutauras Lelevicius
Previous School: Oregon State
There’s no doubt about it, the Horned Frogs were in dire need of shooting this offseason. Pierre and Harding are fine additions, but Lelevicius brings a different dimensions as a 6-foot-7 wing. The Lithuanian-born forward averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds, while splashing 37.9 percent of his threes and 85.3 percent of his free throws as a redshirt sophomore.
Lelevicius is a deadly spot-up scorer, a much-needed archetype in Dixon’s offense. About half his field goals came from the spot-up variety. At 6-foot-7, the soon-to-be junior is also a strong rebounder who hauled in 1.3 offensive boards per contest.
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Vianney Salatchoum
Previous School: FIU
Aside from shooters, following the loss of Udeh Jr., the Frogs were in need of a new big man. Enter Vianney Salatchoum, the Cameroonian-born 6-foot-11, 225 pound center. Salatchoum took a winding way path to TCU, first playing a minor role at junior college Panola in Carthage, Texas. Salatchoum then broke out at FIU, averaging 10.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks in only 23.5 minutes per game.
The rapidly improving center is still honing his offensive skillset, although he did convert 51.2 percent of his field goals and knock down 4-of-9 triples. Still, without a reliable post-game, Salatchoum found ways to score using his athleticism and length. Where Salatchoum will provide a ton of value for the Frogs is defensively, swatting shots and snatching rebounds.
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Tanner Toolson
Previous School: Utah Valley
Queue the shooters. Utah Valley’s Tanner Toolson is a well-rounded scorer who averaged 13.3 points and 1.9 three-pointers as a junior for the Wolverines. The 6-foot-5 guard began his career at BYU before transferring to Utah Valley as a sophomore. He started 65 of 66 games for the Wolverines, totaling 756 points and 114 triples.
Toolson is a knockdown shooter who’s no slouch scoring at the rim, where he shot 65 percent. The Washington-native is a good athlete capable of scoring in transition and off-the-bounce in a halfcourt setting. Don’t be surprised if Toolson leads the Horned Frogs in scoring.