Pitt’s Ishmael Leggett Enters Transfer Portal

Pitt guard Ishmael Leggett has entered the transfer portal.

However, Leggett does not currently have any eligibility remaining.

As I said to @MikeWatersSYR, athletes without eligibility are entering the transfer portal to simply preserve their right to potentially transfer while maintaining leverage with their existing institutions.

Also, there are a lot of unfounded rumors that the NCAA is in the… https://t.co/oFapA4djgl

— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) April 23, 2025

Leggett, as well as hundreds of other NCAA players, are entering the portal in case of an NCAA rule change that would benefit them with an extra year of eligibility. The NCAA transfer portal still allows players to enter even if they have exhausted all of their collegiate eligibility.

A 6-foot-3 guard, Leggett came to Pitt after beginning his career at Rhode Island. He has played 25+ games in five different seasons of college basketball so far. Leggett played 31 games this past year for Pitt, setting a career-high with 35.4 minutes of action per game. He shot 45% from the field and 35% from three-point range for the Panthers, scoring 15.7 points per game and averaging 5.9 rebounds per contest too

Leggett, in three seasons at URI and two at Pitt, posted totals of 1,812 career college points, 285 assists, 703 rebounds, 171 three pointers, and 184 steals. Leggett earned the ACC’s Sixth Man of the Year award after his first season at Pitt in which he averaged 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists and only started 14 of Pitt’s 32 games behind Bub Carrington and Jaland Lowe. He then started all 31 games in his final season with Pitt, this past year.