Kansas transfer forward Zach Clemence commits to Texas A&M hoops

Former Kansas forward Zach Clemence has announced his commitment to Texas A&M.

At 6-foot-11 and 230 pounds, Clemence has played sparingly for the Jayhawks over the last three seasons.

In his career, he’s averaged 1.7 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.3 blocks per game for Bill Self and the Jayhawks. Last season, he shot 44.4 percent from the field and 60 percent at the free-throw line.

He played in 24 games during Kansas’ 2022 national championship run and has appeared in over 52 games in his collegiate career. 

The redshirt junior is a former consensus four-star, a top-40 recruit in the class of 2021 and will return to his home state for his senior season.

Clemence played his high school basketball for one of the top prep schools in the country, Sunrise Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, where he averaged 10.5 points and five rebounds per game while shooting 47 percent from the field and 37 percent from 3-point range.

His Sunrise Academy team finished as the runner-up at the 2021 GEICO High School National Championship.

The best game of his career came against Oklahoma in 2023 when he had 10 points and three rebounds in just 12 minutes off the bench. Those 10 points included a 2-for-2 night from behind the arc.

With nearly ten roster spots needing to be filled, Bucky McMillan has to get creative finding depth pieces in this new era of college basketball. Bringing Clemence back to his home state will provide experience and size to his bench, which is never a bad thing to have in the SEC.

Clemence arrives in Aggieland with one year of eligibility left.