Where BYU Basketball’s Roster Stands After Dovydas Buika Commitment

After months without new additions to the roster, Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program added Lithuanian combo guard Dovydas Buika on Wednesday. With Buika on board, BYU still has multiple roster spots to fill for the 2026-2027 season.

In this article, we will get an updated look at next year’s BYU basketball roster.

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Departing Players

Between graduation, the NBA Draft, and the transfer portal, BYU will be replacing 12 out of the 17 players on last year’s roster. Seven BYU players entered the transfer portal and all seven have found new homes. Three out of seven landed at high-major programs. Most notably, BYU will have to replace two NBA Draft selections in AJ Dybantsa and Richie Saunders.

Mihailo Boskovic – Eligibility expired

Keba Keita – Eligibility expired

Richie Saunders – NBA Draft

Jared McGregor – Eligibility expired

Tyler Mrus – Transfer Portal (The Citadel)

Aleksej Kostic – Transfer Portal (Northwestern)

Dominique Diomande – Transfer Portal (Pitt)

Kennard Davis Jr. – Transfer Portal (Missouri)

Xavion Staton – Transfer Portal (Oregon State)

Abdullah Ahmed – Transfer Portal (UMass)

KJ Perry – Transfer Portal (Fresno State)

Returning Players

BYU will only return five scholarship players from a season ago, and three out of those five missed the majority of the season due to injury. Dawson Baker tore his ACL during the non-conference, and Brody Kozlowski and Nate Pickens never played.

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The most important transer addition of the offseason was retaining Robert Wright III. Wright III entered the transfer portal and took a visit to Kentucky before withdrawing and returning to BYU.

Incoming Players

So far, BYU has added seven scholarship players to the 2026-27 roster. Three from the transfer portal, two from the high school ranks, one returned missionary, and one ineternational prospect.

Tyler Betsey – Syracuse transfer

Jake Wahlin – Clemson transfer

Bruce Branch III – High school signee

Dean Rueckert – High school signee

Brooks Bahr – Returned missionary

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Publish date : 2026-07-09 14:00:00

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