Former Kansas forward Cam Martin has found a new landing spot.
The 6-foot-9 super-senior-to-be who played two seasons at KU after an All-American career at the Division II level is headed to Boise State to play out his final season of eligibility.
Martin, one of five members of last season’s KU team to enter the transfer portal since the end of the Jayhawks’ run, announced the move on social media on Tuesday.
In an interview with B.J. Rains, of Broncosnationnews.com, Martin said choosing the Broncos was all about identifying the right opportunity.
“You can look at the post players at Boise State and they’ve had a lot of players that have been stretch 5s and capable of shooting the basketball,” Martin told Rains. “You can’t say the same about Kansas. After watching some film of how I’ve played in the past and how Boise State has played in the past and how they want to use me, it looked like a no-brainer.”
One of the more interesting aspects of Martin’s choice is the fact that it will allow his brother, freshman Alex Martin, to join him on next season’s BSU roster.
The younger Martin is a 6-6 wing who had been committed to a junior college before the opportunity to join his brother as a walk-on at Boise State presented itself.
Martin told Rains that he heard from nearly 100 schools during his recent recruitment and that bringing his brother along was a key part of the process.
“It couldn’t have worked out more perfect for us to play togeth-er,” the former Jayhawk told Rains. “As soon as I went into the portal that was the biggest thing, we were going somewhere together regardless.”
Martin, who will be entering his seventh year of college when he joins the Broncos, will have one season of eligibility remain-ing because of a medical redshirt for last season and the COVID year that will allow him to be a super-senior for the second time.
No other former Jayhawks have announced their future plans, and KU coach Bill Self and his staff are in the process of filling the holes in their roster that opened up when Martin joined Bobby Pettiford, Joe Yesufu, Zach Clemence and MJ Rice in entering the transfer portal.
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