Report: Utah State Transfer Deyton Albury Receiving Interest From Several P5 Programs

LOGAN, Utah- In the midst of the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament, players and teams around the country have quietly been active in the transfer portal, which closes later this month.

One surprise exit for Aggies fans was guard Deyton Albury, who entered the transfer portal on April 7 and is already getting some attention from big names around college basketball.

Utah State senior Deyton Albury (@deyton242) is entering the transfer portal, he tells Portal Updates.

The 6’2” guard started 23/34 games for the Aggies, averaging 7.8 points on 55% shooting, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.

Albury previously played at Queens where he… pic.twitter.com/bWeqSZoReD

— PortalUpdates (@portal_updates) April 7, 2025

Deyton Albury Arriving At Utah State

Deyton Albury was one of many new additions to a brand new Utah State roster at the beginning of the season. Albury spent two years at Chipola College, a Junior College in Marianna, Florida, before transferring to Queens University, where he had a breakout year, winning ASUN Newcomer of the Year.

Albury then hit the portal once again, landing in Logan on Jerrod Calhoun’s squad. In his one year as an Aggie, he started 24 of 34 games and averaged 18.8 minutes, a significant dip in playing time compared to his time at Queens.

However, his offensive averages saw improvement. His field goal percentage jumped from 48.2% to 54.8%, and his three-point shooting improved from 36.4% to 43.3%. He averaged 7.8 points in 2024-2025.

Deyton’s best outing of the year was on February 22, where he had 18 points and shot 13 free throws. Albury also provided some highlight plays for Utah State throughout the year.

Utah State’s Deyton Albury just went skyward off the Mason Falslev transition pass.

Aggies capitalizing in a big way early off multiple Nevada turnovers. pic.twitter.com/hjgLTfPOw5

— Made For March (@madeformarch) January 23, 2025

Interest In The Transfer Portal For Deyton Albury

According to The Portal Report on X, Deyton Albury’s strong year as a rotational piece for Utah State has gotten the attention of a few of college basketball’s premier programs.

Albury also reserves the right to withdraw his name from the portal and return to Utah State.

High Majors

• Texas Tech
  • Elite Eight appearance in this year’s NCAA Tournament, lost to eventual champion Florida.
• Iowa
  • Starting a new era after the hiring of head coach Ben McCollum.
• Clemson
  • Finished second in the ACC and received a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament before losing to McNeese State in the first round.

Mid Majors

• Charlotte
• VCU
• Wichita State
• Robert Morris
• UAB
• Wyoming
• East Carolina
• ETSU
• UNC Greensboro
• Sam Houston
• Portland
• Kennesaw State

The Transfer Portal

There have been two major contributing factors to the state of college athletics when it comes to the astronomical number of players hitting the transfer portal.

The first was the implementation of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) in 2021, which allowed college athletes the ability to profit off their personal brand legally for the first time. The second factor was a new transfer rule passed by the NCAA last year that gave a transferring player immediate eligibility at their new stop, as opposed to having to wait a year to start play.

Athletes’ ability to get paid paired with instant eligibility with a new team after transferring have bred a wild landscape of bidding wars between institutions for athletes, players suiting up for a new team every year, tampering mid-season, and so on.

The loose rules from the NCAA that don’t require contracts between players and their schools, and little oversight from the league have caused an extremely unstable and unpredictable system where entire rosters are flipped and reconstructed each year. Many mid-major programs have suffered from instability as their top players are leaving after a short period of time with the program.

For some players, transferring means true progression to a bigger opportunity or more playing time with a team that fits their style, but for others, it comes down to where they will be able to make the most money.

College athletes cannot be criticized for seeking a life-changing payday. For many, they will support their families with the money they make from playing college sports. The issue comes with the system that is fostering such chaos.

According to 247sports.com, more than 2,000 student-athletes entered the transfer portal last year, but that number might be easily surpassed in 2025.

Some of the numbers being thrown out on some of the players in the portal are just stupid. Kids are asking for crazy amounts of money. And they’re getting it.

One player who earned 50k last season (and was a fine player last year) was just offered over a million by a B10…

— Scott Garrard (@ScottyGZone) March 25, 2025

Tanner Tripp is a sports writer for KSL Sports covering all teams across the state of Utah. Follow him on X @tanner_tripp and Instagram @tanner.tripp here.

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