Forward Sam Walters averaged 5.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game off the bench last season with the Michigan Wolverines. In a late-April shakeup, the 6-foot-10 sophomore has signed with SMU after a brief commitment to Mississippi State.
Forward Sam Walters began his career in the SEC, at Alabama, before he transferred to Michigan for his sophomore season. After an injury-plagued 2024-25 season with the Wolverines, Walters chose to re-enter the portal for his junior season.
It has only been a few days since Michigan’s season ended in Atlanta, but the first week of the offseason has been eventful. The Wolverines added Elliot Cadeau and Morez Johnson Jr.
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The Michigan Wolverines fell short of their goal of a college basketball championship this past weekend at the Sweet 16 in Atlanta, Georgia as the Auburn Tigers proved too much for coach Dusty May's team.
Michigan Wolverines head coach Dusty May is far too familiar with the mantra of the transfer portal: the portal giveth and the portal taketh away. Today May experienced both sides of that coin.
Michigan sophomore wing Sam Walters will enter the transfer portal, as first reported by League Ready. Walters is a 6-foot-10 transfer from Alabama who committed to Michigan last summer after Dusty May was hired.
Alabama transfer Sam Walters has been sidelined since Feb. 8 when he played six minutes against Indiana. The 3-point assassin was a big part of Michigan's bench.