Gonzaga lands transfer portal commitment from guard Skylar Wicks

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs are putting the finishing touches on the 2026-27 roster by landing their second veteran guard in the last ten days.

Skylar Wicks, a 6’6 guard from Jersey City who averaged nearly 18 points per game at Saint Francis last year, will join 23-year-old French guard Nathan De Sousa in Gonzaga’s backcourt after sources confirmed he committed to Gonzaga on Wednesday for his final season of eligibility.

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Wicks becomes the third portal addition for the Zags, joining rising sophomores Massamba Diop and Isiah Harwell from Arizona State and Houston, respectively. Those three will be joined by De Sousa, another French guard in Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa, and incoming freshmen Sam Funches, Luca Foster, and Carter Nilson as newcomers for Gonzaga as they head into the Pac-12 in 2026-27.

Who is Skylar Wicks?

Wicks is a veteran, well-travelled guard from Clearwater, FL, who began his collegiate career at Missouri State in the Missouri Valley Conference back in 2020-21. He appeared in just six games that year with the Bears, and then redshirted the 2021-22 season.

After that, Wicks moved down to the junior college level, playing 28 games for State College of Florida, where he averaged 16.5 points and 5.6 rebounds before bouncing back up to the Division 1 level, this time landing at Incarnate Word in the Southland.

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Wicks had his first breakthrough D1 season with the Cardinals, averaging 13.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 2023-24 while shooting 44.5% on twos and 31.1% from three on 4.5 attempts per game. He got off to an excellent start that year, dropping 26 points with 11 rebounds and three assists in a road loss to Texas, one of seven 20-point games against D1 opponents that year – four of which came on the road.

The 6’6 guard was on the move again after that season, landing at UTSA in the American for 2024-25. However, injury limited Wicks to just 10 games with the Roadrunners, where he averaged 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in just…

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Publish date : 2026-07-01 20:29:00

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