247NEWS: a former basketball player from Arkansas is expected to rejoin the Razorbacks

Next season, a former basketball player from Arkansas is expected to rejoin the Razorbacks and suit up for John Calipari.

A tweet from the Razorbacks’ official X (formerly Twitter) account announced that former Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile will play for John Calipari in his formal comeback to the team the following season. The choice was made following reports that Calipari and Brazile met on Monday night to talk about a possible comeback.

Brazile made it public last week that he was pulling out of the 2024 NBA Draft, while he was still open to finding a new home. In an effort to maintain his alternatives while going through the draft process, Brazile declared on May 1 that he had entered the transfer portal.

Brazile made the decision to use the transfer portal for the second time in his collegiate career. After spending just one year at Missouri, the 6-10, 220-pound forward first transferred to Arkansas prior to the 2022–2023 season.

Before sustaining an ACL tear in his right knee on December 6, 2023, Brazile was averaging 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds in nine games as a sophomore in his rookie campaign with the Razorbacks.

Only 19 games into the season, the Springfield, Missouri, native made his eagerly anticipated comeback this past year as a redshirt sophomore before missing the second half of the Ole Miss game on January 24 due to “knee soreness.” Prior to his injury, he was averaging 6.5 rebounds and 8.9 points per game.

Brazile, who averaged 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 20 minutes per game, made a comeback for the final seven games of the 2023–24 campaign. Brazile averaged 8.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks on 49/35/70 shooting splits during the course of the season.

Brazile’s explosive leaping ability and respectable shooting range before the injury made him a potential lottery choice before the season, but he never displayed that same explosiveness after returning to the field. Brazile now seems fully recovered and prepared to play for the Razorbacks in the upcoming campaign.

BIO OF ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY

2022–2023 (Arkansan Senior):

sustained an ACL injury that ended his season during the first half of the UNC Greensboro game (season’s ninth game).
played just nine games, all as the sixth player on the team. 6.0 rebounds and 11.8 points on average… was the best 3-point shooter on the squad (11 of 29; 37.9%).
Fri., 2021–22 (at Mizzou):

was sidelined for the season’s first eight games due to an unidentified medical problem. appeared in just two games this season—against Kansas and Eastern Illinois—coming off the bench before starting the season’s last 22 games.
played in 24 games last season, making 22 starts, and led the Tigers with 20 blocked shots. 6.3 points and 5.0 rebounds on average.
Positioned third in the SEC (47th in the NCAA) with a 1.92 average for blocked shots ranked sixth in terms of blocked shots per game among freshman in NCAA Division I. He is third on the Missouri single-season list with 1.92 blocks per game.

had been involved in 20 of his 24 games as a blocked shooter. 12 straight games with a block recorded, including an 11-game streak with multiple blocks.
Against Illinois, I recorded a career-high six blocks, which matched for the fourth-most by any Mizzou player in a single game and the third-most by any MU freshman. 11 points were added.
scored a career-high 15 points in the SEC Tournament season-ending game between the Tigers and LSU.
had a season-high 10 rebounds, including five offensive rebounds, and four blocked shots in the Tigers’ final game of the regular season against Georgia.

made a career-high two of three 3-pointers and scored ten points against Kansas while causing two shots to be blocked.
11 points in a game against LSU.
With nine points and nine rebounds in the SEC Tournament’s opening round victory over Ole Miss, I almost missed a double-double. had a season-high five of seven attempts and hit free throws.
14 times had five or more rebounds, including 8 times with seven or more boards.

Senior High:

designated a first team member and 2021 MBCA All-State selection Conference Across the Ozarks
ranked as the No. 178 prospect nationwide and the fourth-best prospect in the state of Missouri by 247 Sports.
won in Kickapoo the Missouri Class 6 state championship.
shot 73% from the floor and averaged 13.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 7.5 assists in his final year.
played for Parkview High School, averaging 11.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as a junior.