Oregon hoops lands CMU transfer Jesse Zarzuela

Oregon remained active in this spring's transfer portal, adding its fourth new player in shooting guard Jesse Zarzuela on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-3 Zarzuela officially transferred to the Ducks in what will his sixth different school in a six-year span.

Zarzuela originally redshirted at UTEP in the 2018-19 season before attending Navarro Community College in Texas the following year. After a stop at Missouri State West Plains in 2020-21, Zarzuela produced 14.7 points per game at Coppin State in 2021-22.

Zarzuela increased his production to 16.3 points per game in 17 games (seven starts) at Central Michigan last season, where he knocked down 35.6 percent of his 3-point tries and made 82.8 percent from the free-throw line.

He is the latest transfer addition as the Ducks restock following a 21-15 season that ended with a third-round loss in the NIT. Zarzuela joins guards Kario Oquendo (Georgia) and Devan Cambridge (Arizona State) along with junior college transfer guard Jadrian Tracey (Florida Southwestern State College).