North Carolina Basketball Transfer Portal: Full list of Tar Heels players to enter the transfer portal ft. Elliot Cadeau 

After a disappointing 2024-25 campaign, Hubert Davis and North Carolina will now face the looming transfer portal. While the Tar Heels remain one of the nation's preeminent basketball programs, a 23-14 season and an exit in the first round of the NCAA Tournament won't do Carolina any favors.

As the portal is just opening, it remains to be seen exactly how bad Carolina's losses will be. But the early returns are certainly detrimental to UNC's chances of success next season.

Here's the early rundown on the UNC players who are hopping into the portal.

North Carolina players entering transfer portal

Forward Jalen Washington is entering the transfer portal from North Carolina. (Photo Credit: IMAGN)

Elliot Cadeau

A sophomore guard, Cadeau was highly regarded as a recruit. According to 247Sports, in the 2023 high school class, Cadeau was the No. 12 player in the nation as well as the rankings' second-highest ranked point guard, trailing only USC's Isaiah Collier.

Cadeau had a controversial freshman season at UNC in 2023-24. Cadeau started and played almost 24 minutes per game, scoring 7.3 points per game and dishing out 4.1 assists per game. But Cadeau seemed to take UNC out of nearly as many games as he played the Tar Heels into. He shot just 19% from 3-point range.

Cadeau had a more solid 2024-25 season. He scored 9.4 ppg and dished out 6.2 apg. He improved his 3-point touch to 34%. But North Carolina struggled around him and Cadeau is now shopping for his next school. He'll have two seasons left to play.

Jalen Washington

A 6-foot-10 junior from Indiana, Washington has worked his way into an increased role throughout his time at Carolina. A four-star prospect who 247Sports ranked as the No. 68 player in his high school class, Washington spent his first two seasons as a deep bench player.

He averaged just 5.7 mpg in 2022-23 and 8.3 minutes in 2023-24. But this past season, Washington started 16 times and averaged 15.9 mpg. He scored 5.7 ppg and grabbed 4.2 rpg. Washington is a 61% career shooter who has been competent from long range in limited attempts. He's been a solid rebounder and decent shot-blocker.

Ian Jackson

A 6'4 freshman, Jackson is set to enter the transfer portal after a single season with the Tar Heels. Jackson started 12 games out of a possible 36 for Hubert Davis' squad, putting up 11.9 PPG, 2.7 RPG, and 0.9 APG.

Jackson's transfer portal move comes as a surprise, considering UNC's guard rotation with RJ Davis expected to declare for the NBA Draft.

Who's joining UNC?

Jarin Stevenson

Coming off a 5.4 PPG, 3.4 RPG season for Alabama, Jarin Stevenson will provide the Tar Heels with size in the frontcourt, following Jalen Washington's departure. Stevenson is a 6'11 forward with two seasons under his belt playing for Nate Oats' Alabama.

Henri Veesar

One of the top power forwards to enter the transfer portal, Veesar averaged 9.4 PPG and 5.4 RPG in the 2024-25 season. Veesar appeared in all 37 games for Arizona; however, he was only part of the starting lineup five times. This was still an improvement from his freshman season, where he did not start a game for the Wildcats.

Full list of transfer portal moves for UNC

Name	Old Team	New Team
Jarin Stevenson	Alabama	UNC
Cade Tyson	UNC	Undecided
Kyan Evans	Colorado State	UNC
Ian Jackson	UNC	Undecided
Jalen Washington	UNC	Vanderbilt
Henri Veesaar	Arizona	UNC
Jonathan Powell	West Virginia	UNC
Elliot Cadeau	UNC	Michigan

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