A Georgia Bulldog men’s basketball player is moving on. Forward Jaden Newell, who is a former walk-on, will transfer to Jacksonville, according to Jon Rothstein.
Jaden Newell is the older brother of Georgia first-round pick Asa Newell. He joined the Bulldogs as a walk-on before the 2022-23 season and earned a scholarship for his final two seasons at Georgia.
Newell played just 28 total minutes with the Georgia Bulldogs, including just 12 minutes last season. He earned seven points, five rebounds, and three steals through three seasons in a Bulldogs uniform.
Now, with Jacksonville, he’ll try to forge his own path forward. His brother played just the 2024-25 season with the Bulldogs, and he was the leading scorer of the team. He helped lead Georgia to the March Madness tournament for the first time in a decade and was the Atlanta Hawks’ first-round pick in the 2025 NBA draft.
Jacksonville, meanwhile, hasn’t made the March Madness tournament since 1986. They haven’t been regular-season champions in the Atlantic Sun Conference since the 2010 season. The Dolphins went 12-20 last season, and Newell will be part of the effort to turn around the program. Newell should have a much larger role at his new team.
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