AJ Storr’s college career is getting one more twist.
The former Kansas guard has committed to UNLV after being granted an additional year of eligibility through the NCAA’s ongoing court rulings involving Class of 2022 student-athletes. That gives Storr a fifth college program and extends a journey that has already taken him through four different high schools and nine schools in nine years, including five Division I programs.
For Kansas, his lone season in Lawrence never came close to the billing.
Storr arrived from Wisconsin ahead of the 2024-25 season with a reputation as one of the transfer portal’s biggest names. He opened the year in the starting lineup, but his role shrank as the season went on. He finished at 6.1 points per game and shot 38.4% from the field, both the lowest marks of his college career.
There were brief signs of life late in the year, but the version of Storr Kansas expected to get never really showed up. After the season, he entered the transfer portal again and landed at Ole Miss.
That move paid off.
Storr put together a far stronger 2025-26 season with the Rebels, averaging 15.5 points per game and restoring his profile as a productive high-major scorer. For a while, it looked like that would be the end of his college run.
Then the eligibility rulings changed the picture. With another season now available, Storr has chosen UNLV for what will be his final college stop.
His path is about as unusual as it gets in modern college basketball, and it’s now headed to Vegas for one last chapter.
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