Former LSU forward Robert Miller III is headed to Miami after entering the transfer portal on April 10, adding another name to the growing list of departures from LSU’s 2025-26 roster under former coach Matt McMahon.
Miller, who measured 6-foot-10 and 230 pounds, gave LSU solid production last season. He averaged 6.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, numbers that would have been useful for new coach Will Wade as he tries to piece together a roster for 2026-27.
Miller is the ninth player from that LSU team to land elsewhere, and the rest of the group has also moved on to major programs. Guard Dedan Thomas Jr. is at 2025 national champion runner-up Houston, forward Jalen Reed is at 2026 national champion Michigan, guard Jalen Reece is at Texas A&M, forward/center Mike Nwoko is at Xavier, forward Marcus Vaughns is at Arizona State, guards Ron Zipper and Mazi Mosley are at Loyola Marymount, and forward Matt Gilhool is at Kansas State.
Wade, meanwhile, still has only five players on the roster at the moment. Four are transfers: Kentucky forward Mouhamed Dioubate, Michigan State guard Divine Ugochukwu, Kansas State tguard Abdi Bashir and Texas-San Antonio guard Austin Nunez.
The other addition is forward Jordan Bender, who signed out of Northside Christian School in St. Petersburg, Florida.
There are also four international commitments who have not signed yet because of paperwork delays: forward Saliou Niang, center Brice Dessert, center Marcio Santos and forward Michael Ruzic.
LSU’s best possible addition may still be former St. John’s forward RJ Luis, who has committed to Wade. His situation remains complicated, though, because he signed an NBA contract and LSU is trying to work through that issue with legal action.
For now, Wade’s roster picture remains unfinished. The program is not expected to lock things down until the week classes begin at LSU for the fall semester, which starts Monday, Aug.
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