LEXINGTON — After seeing limited minutes during Kentucky basketball's 2023-24 season, Jordan Burks will look for a bigger role elsewhere in his second college campaign.

Burks, a 6-foot-8 freshman guard from Decatur, Alabama, reportedly entered the transfer portal on Friday, according to multiple reports. He leaves the Wildcats after one season. He is the sixth UK player to enter the transfer portal since the team's 2023-24 season ended, joining Aaron Bradshaw, Joey Hart, Zvonimir Ivišić, Adou Thiero and D.J. Wagner.

Burks was a late addition to Kentucky and former coach John Calipari's top-ranked 2023 recruiting class, joining in June. He previously had signed with Ole Miss but was released from his letter of intent after the Rebels hired Chris Beard as their new coach. The four major recruiting services had differing opinions on Burks as a prospect: ESPN and On3 tabbed him as a four-star recruit, while Rivals and 247Sports gave him three stars.

Per the 247Sports Composite ratings, Burks was a three-star recruit. He became only the fourth UK player — Dominique Hawkins, Thiero and Derek Willis were the others — with a three-star composite rating to sign with the program during Calipari's tenure, which began with the 2009-10 season. (Kentucky later added a second three-star composite recruit to its 2023 class in Hart.) While he didn't boast as many stars as some of the Wildcats' other incoming freshmen, Burks brought plenty of potential to the table.

Prior to arriving in Lexington, Burks competed at Overtime Elite (a professional league for players ages 16 to 20, based in Atlanta) during the 2022-23 season. He won the scoring title in both the regular season and playoffs. Burks averaged 27.1 points per game in the regular season — nearly seven points per game more than the next-closest player. Burks then averaged 23 points in the OTE playoffs.

That play carried over to Kentucky's preseason pro day event at Rupp Arena on Oct. 11, when Burks was one of the event's most impressive performers.

Once the season tipped off, however, Burks took the floor only as a reserve. As UK was awaiting its trio of 7-footers — Bradshaw, Ivišić and Ugonna Onyenso — to return from injury (Bradshaw and Onyenso) or receive NCAA clearance (Ivišić), Burks played at least 10 minutes in each of the Wildcats' first four games. But as the big men began to return, Burks' minutes began to dwindle. He only recorded a double-digit-minute figure two more times in his final 16 appearances. Burks also dealt with various injuries throughout the season, hurting his hand in December.

Burks finished the season having played in 20 games, all off the bench. He averaged 1.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 7.1 minutes per outing.

His best performance came in a blowout win over Vanderbilt on the road Feb. 6, when he scored a career-high 13 points. Burks went 6 for 6 from the field (making his only 3-point attempt) and tied another personal best with five rebounds in a 109-77 victory.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky basketball's Jordan Burks reportedly enters transfer portal