Tennessee Basketball added its sixth transfer portal player on Friday afternoon with a commitment from Kennesaw State forward Braeden Lue. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound prospect announced his commitment to the Big Orange before the weekend.
Lue, a native of Douglasville, GA, played his first two collegiate seasons at Kennesaw State. He played 68 games with the Owls over those two years and started 66 games. Lue has been a productive player in his collegiate tenure so far, as he averaged 10.0 points during his freshman season and 10.9 points during his sophomore season. He also racked up 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game during the Owls’ campaign last year. Lue is a career 44.4% shooter from the field.
Tennessee is reloading its roster with several new players from the portal. Including Lue, the Vols now have six transfer additions to go along with their four high-school players:
Tennessee Portal Additions
- Four-Star PF Miles Rubin
- Four-Star PG Dai Dai Ames
- Four-Star PG Terrence Hill Jr.
- Four-Star CG Jalan Haralson
- Four-Star SG Tyler Lundblade
- SF Braedun Lue
Tennessee High School Additions
- Four-Star SF Ralph Scott
- Four-Star SF Manny Green
- Four-Star SF Chris Washington Jr.
- Three-Star PG Marquis Clark
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With Lue now in the mix for Tennessee, the Vols’ 2026 transfer portal currently ranks No. 4 in the nation on 247Sports’ Transfer Portal Team Rankings. The Vols only sit behind No. 1 Louisville, No. 2 Texas, and No. 3 Indiana, and ahead of teams such as No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Providence, and No. 7 Miami.
Other notable SEC teams include No. 10 Texas A&M (Cade Phillips’ destination), No. 13 Missouri (Jaylen Carey’s destination), No. 15 Vanderbilt, No. 16 Alabama, No. 33 Kentucky, and No. 39 Auburn.
While speaking to the media about UT’s portal class on Thursday, which was prior to Lue’s commitment, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said that “there’s just something there that this is who we want to go through this with.”
“We’re going to work hard to help them get better, and along the way, them getting better is gonna get our program better,” Barnes said on Thursday. “And in the end, we hope to break through and get done what we want to get done.”
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