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Ducks Basketball Adds Oregon Native, UC Davis Transfer

An Oregon native is returning home to play for Dana Altman and Oregon men's basketball. Drew Carter spent two seasons on the Colorado football team before playing basketball at UC Davis last year.

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Drew Carter holds a basketball during his one season at UC Davis.
Drew Carter holds a basketball during his one season at UC Davis. / @Drew_503 on X
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Dana Altman is adding an Oregon native for the upcoming season.

Drew Carter, originally out of Portland, is transferring to Oregon men's basketball as a walk-on. Carter played last season for UC Davis.

In his lone season with the Aggies, Carter saw 22 minutes of action across nine games. He scored a season-high six points against Jessup in the season-opener.

Last season was the first time Carter had focused soley on basketball. The two-sport star at Tigard High School began his college career in football.

As a true freshman at Colorado in 2021, carter played in six games at quarterback. He appeared in just three games the following year, ultimately joining the mass exodus of transfers upon the hiring of Deion Sanders and the transfer addition of heir to the QB position Shedeur Sanders.

As a prep star, Carter was one of the top basketball prospects in the class of 2021, ranking as Oregon's No. 4 player in the state by ESPN. A high-profile basketball recruit throughout his entire prep days, Future150 ranked him as the nation's No. 33 prospect and No. 2 combo guard back in 2016.

The 6-3 guard joins other transfer additions in Eugene: Ra'Heim Moss (Toledo), Brandon Angel (Stanford), TJ Bamba (Villanova) and Supreme Cook (Georgetown). Altman also added high school signee Ibrahima Traore and has a commitment from Jamari Phillips.


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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans.He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team.

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