Kentucky transfer guard Jasper Johnson commits to Oregon

The 6’5″ guard will now be looking for a fresh start under head coach Dana Altman at Oregon. Altman looks to bounce back after missing the NCAA Tournament in 2025-26, coming off back-to-back seasons which ended in the Second Round of March Madness.

Dana Altman on Oregon’s NIL budget

After the transfer portal opened this week, Oregon saw two starters enter. The departures didn’t necessarily surprise coach Dana Altman, though, and he said some Ducks players were likely to see “big reductions” in their NIL earnings.

Oregon lost KJ Evans and Jackson Shelstad to the portal, but retained Sean Stewart, The Field of 68 reported Thursday. Stewart was one of the starters Altman said the Ducks prioritized to bring back, along with Evans and Shelstad. However, he cited concerns about the budget within which the program is working.

Altman added the results simply weren’t there this past season and cited the Ducks’ inexperience showing. But while everyone had their scholarships if they wanted, he said the program was likely to see reductions in both NIL and rev-share dollars. That’s why he wasn’t necessarily surprised by the departures.

“It wasn’t unexpected,” Altman told reporters Thursday. “There were three guys that we really wanted back – Sean and KJ and Jackson. Three starters. We did not pull anybody’s scholarship. Everybody had their scholarship, would’ve been renewed. But we are working within a budget. Some guys were going to lose their NIL totally. Most of them were taking a reduction. A big reduction.

“We just weren’t good enough this year. I made some mistakes with evaluation and inexperience. When our experienced guys suffered injuries, our inexperience showed, especially in a year where the Big Ten was a dominant conference. So none of our portal entries have been a surprise. Again, I didn’t take anybody’s scholarship. Everybody had their scholarship, would have been renewed. But their NIL and their cap money and all that was either totally taken or, really, reduced. We have to work within a budget.”

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