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Kansas State Wildcats land incoming basketball transfer from Virginia Tech

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  • Jaden Schutt, 6-foot-5 junior, committed to K-State after stints at Virginia Tech, Duke.
  • Schutt averaged 7.7 points per game and shot 38.5% from 3 last season.
  • Schutt joins K-State as the fourth incoming transfer with one year eligibility.

The Kansas State men’s basketball team has landed a veteran guard out of the transfer portal.

Jaden Schutt, a 6-foot-5 and 200-pound junior who has played in 78 college games, has committed to play for Casey Alexander and the Wildcats next season.

Schutt spent the past two seasons at Virginia Tech, where he averaged 7.7 points per game during his time with the Hokies. Before that, he averaged 2.1 points per game as a freshman at Duke.

Last season, Schutt was a productive reserve for Virginia Tech. He was a double-digit scorer in 13 games. His season high for points came against George Mason when he scored 18. Schutt made 38.5% of his shots from 3-point range while averaging 24.7 minutes per game.

He started 31 games for the Hokies and appeared in 14 games for the Blue Devils.

His experience and playing style should make him a good fit for Alexander’s run-and-gun offense, which relies heavily on outside shooting.

Schutt is originally from Yorkville, Illinois. He was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and held scholarship offers from Illinois, Iowa, Florida and Michigan State before he signed with Duke.

K-State locked up his services as a transfer after he made a recruiting visit to Manhattan over the weekend. He has one year of college eligibility remaining.

He is the fourth incoming transfer of this recruiting cycle for K-State.

K-State basketball transfer tracker

Outgoing transfers (8):

Abdi Bashir

Dorin Buca

David Castillo

PJ Haggerty (Texas A&M)

Mobi Ikegwuruka

Taj Manning (Iowa State)

Stephen Osei

Exavier Wilson

Departing seniors (4):

Marcus Johnson

Nate Johnson

CJ Jones

Khamari McGriff

Returning players (1):

Andrej Kostic

Incoming recruits (2):

Jaylen Alexander

Devin Hutcherson

Incoming transfers (4):

Dezdrick Lindsay (Oregon)

Brandon Rechsteiner (Colorado State)

Jaden Schutt (Virginia Tech)

Brock Vice (Murray State)

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Kellis Robinett covers Kansas State athletics for The Wichita Eagle and The Kansas City Star. A winner of more than a dozen national writing awards, he lives in Manhattan with his wife and four children.
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