Mississippi State’s men’s basketball team added two new forwards to the team via the transfer portal this past week – one from Washington State and one from Florida State.

Head coach Chris Jans and the Bulldogs got the recruiting ball rolling with the signing of former Cougar ND Okafor on Thursday. Okafor previously committed to play at Ole Miss before flipping over to MSU, according to multiple reports. Okafor, a 6-foot-10 junior, is a Lagos, Nigeria, native who found his way playing for the Irish National team in 2019 before spending two years in the NBA Academy of Latin America. He started his college career at California in 2022 and missed the majority of the 2023 season due to a leg injury. He transferred to Washington State and came off the bench for the 2024-2025 season and averaged 5.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks a game.

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