Texas A&M Aggies Starter Enters Transfer Portal

Washington is the latest Aggie to enter the portal, joining guard Jaelyn Lee, starting big man Pharrel Payne and forward Rob Dockery. Texas A&M has also said farewell to Wade Taylor IV, Manny Obaseki, Henry Coleman III, Andersson Garcia, Hayden Hefner, Zhuric Phelps and CJ Wilcher, who are all out of eligibility. Coleman III, Hefner, Obaseki and Taylor IV had played together since the 2021-22 season before the arrival of Washington and Garcia the following year.

Washington scored a season-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds and two steals in Texas A&M's win over Georgia on Feb. 11.

"It's a little chirping back and forth with me and the Georgia bench," Washington said after the win. "I feed off things like that. That's my game. A lot of people might think it's a distraction for me, but it gets me more amped up. That's how I like to play. I like to talk. ... They got quiet on me. I was talking to them like 'Why we ain't talking now, y'all making the game a little boring.'"

Washington helped spark a defensive masterclass in the second half by the Aggies, as Texas A&M didn't allow Georiga to hit its first field goal of the second half until the 7:20 mark.

"That's the best in my college career, we ain't never do that to a team, go 14 minutes without making a basket. That's exceptional," Washington said. "That just shows how much we're on the same page, how much we care for each other. We're communicating on the floor, on both sides, offensively and defensively. And that would change the game around for us, our intensity defensively."

He'll now look to bring physicality and toughness to another Power-conference team.