
Elyjah Freeman, a former Auburn forward, has committed to the Texas Longhorns basketball team, marking the fourth transfer addition this week. Freeman averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds last season and has two years of eligibility remaining.
Texas basketball coach Sean Miller picked up his fourth transfer portal commitment of the week with the addition of former Auburn forward Elyjah Freeman, per a Sunday report by On3.
Freeman, a 6-foot-8 wing, will presumably fill the gap left by the departure of Dailyn Swain, who declared for the NBA draft after an all-conference junior season. Freeman averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 26.9 minutes a game while starting 21 games this past season for Auburn. A rising junior, Freeman has two remaining years of eligibility.
As a freshman at Lincoln Memorial University in the 2024-25 season, Freeman earned the South Atlantic Conference freshman of the year award after averaging 18.9 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists a game.
Elyjah Freeman of theAuburn Tigers celebrates a win over the Kentucky Wildcats at Neville Arena on Feb. 21, 2026 in Auburn, Ala. Freeman will reportedly join the Texas Longhorns for next season. (Photo by Stew Milne/Getty Images) (Stew Milne/Getty Images)
Freeman joins former Tennessee guard Amari Evans, former TCU power forward  and former Colorado guard  as Texas' portal commitments. Freemanâs arrival gives Miller and his staff some options, especially coming two days after the commitment of Evans. Both the 6-5, 220-pound Evans and Freeman can play at either small forward or shooting guards, which were positions of need for Texas entering the offseason.
Elyjah Freeman is a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 26.9 minutes per game last season at Auburn.
Freeman is expected to fill the gap left by Dailyn Swain, who declared for the NBA draft after a successful junior season.
Freeman was named the South Atlantic Conference freshman of the year after averaging 18.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game at Lincoln Memorial University.
Texas Longhorns basketball has added four transfer commitments this week, including Elyjah Freeman.

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Miller and Texas general manager Chris Ogden still have some work to do for a program that went 21-15 in Millerâs first season. The Longhorns lost seven of the eight players in their rotation during an NCAA Tournament run that ended with a 79-77 loss to Purdue in the Sweet 16. Guards Tramon Mark, Chendall Weaver and Jordan Pope used up their eligibility and Miller lost starting forward Cam Heide, reserve forward Nic Codie,reserve forward Declan Duru and reserve guard Simeon Wilcher to the portal as well as Swain to the NBA.
But a starting rotation is starting to take shape. Post Matas Vokietaitis announced his intentions to return last week and will team with Punch in a formidable front court. Johnson will likely start in the backcourt alongside 6-foot-5 McDonald's All-American Austin Goosby, the jewel of the Longhornsâ 2026 recruiting class. Evans could start either shooting guard or small forward but could also serve as a quality reserve, a role he performed at Tennessee. The Longhorns will likely sign a few more guards to add depth and outside shooting but are up to 11 scholarship players for next season.
A set of forwards in rising redshirt freshmen John Clark and Lewis Obiorah are expected back, since neither have yet announced any intentions to transfer. Incoming freshman Coleman Elkins will be another forward on next yearâs roster.
Miller also will welcome two more freshmen in shooting guards Bo Ogden and Joe Sterling. Ogden, the son of Texas general manager Chris Ogden, recently earned the Central Texas boys player of the year award from the American-Statesman after leading Westlake High School to the state finals.