Kansas' K.J. Lawson Reportedly Enters Transfer Portal After 2 Seasons with Team

Kansas Jayhawks redshirt sophomore K.J. Lawson will transfer after two years with the program, according to Stadium's Jeff Goodman. 

K.J. transferred to Kansas in April 2017 along with his brother Dedric after spending two years with the Memphis Tigers. The Lawson brothers had to sit out the 2017-18 campaign upon their arrival to Lawrence.

He earned a medical redshirt in his first year at Memphis after playing in just 10 games due to an Achilles injury. He was named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year as a redshirt freshman in 2016-17 after averaging 12.3 points per game for the Tigers.

In his first year on the court for the Jayhawks, Lawson averaged 3.1 points and 2.0 rebounds while playing just 9.9 minutes per game. He shot 45.3 percent from the field and 29.5 percent from three-point range.

"I mean, how can you judge someone off 4 or 7 minutes a game?" Lawson told Jack Johnson of the University Daily Kansan back in February. "You have to judge them [with] the measurements you're judging other players."

He added, per Johnson: "I am a confident guy. When I get the confidence going, I am a much better player."

Lawson had more opportunities to show what he could do over the course of the second half of the season and averaged 18.5 minutes per game in the 2019 NCAA tournament. He recorded 13 points and three rebounds while logging 23 minutes in a first-round victory over the 13th-seeded Northeastern Huskies.