VCU Rams to welcome Michigan transfer Brandon Johns Jr.
Fred Jeter | 4/28/2022, 6 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth University basketball Coach Mike Rhoades needed another big man and found what he was looking for in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Following four full seasons — 117 games — at the University of Michigan, Brandon Johns Jr. is coming to Richmond to play for the Rams.
The 6-foot-8, 240-pound power forward has been granted a fifth season of eligibility under the NCAA’s COVID-19 policy.
He is the second former Wolverine to join the Rams. Earlier this spring, 6-foot-4 Zeb Jackson transferred to VCU.
Johns was a blue-ribbon prospect at East Lansing High School in Michigan, but his star dimmed in Ann Arbor. Relegated to backup duty, he averaged 3.2 points and two rebounds this past season and saw little action in Michigan’s three NCAA Tournament games.
VCU still has two scholarship slots to fill heading into the 2022-23 season.
Coincidentally, Johns and Jackson could be facing their former team soon. VCU and Michigan are both playing in the Legends Classic Nov. 16 and 17 in New York.
