San Diego State has added two more transfers, including a Coronado High School grad who most recently played hoops for the University of San Diego.
Wayne McKinney III, a guard who averaged 13.5 points per game last season for USD, and Jared Coleman-Jones, from Middle Tennessee State, signed Grants-in-Aid to join SDSU in 2024-25.
Head coach Brian Dutcher called McKinney a “playmaker” that “with the loss of Lamont Butler and Darrion Trammell, SDSU needed.
Over McKinney’s career with the Toreros, he averaged 9.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 26.6 minutes per game.
“Wayne came to San Diego State to win at the highest level,” Dutcher said. “He is very productive at the offensive end of the floor and plays the kind of defense that is extremely valued by our coaching staff.”
Last year, as a second-team All-West Coast Conference (WCC) performer, he had his most productive college season. He started in each of his 32 appearances and led the team in minutes (962), assists (93) and steals (43), each career-highs.
He played at Coronado High in 2019-20 and 2020-21. As a senior, McKinney was named first-team CIF San Diego Section and Division IV Player of the Year in California by CalHiSports.com after leading the Islanders to a 24-5 record, including 8-0 in league play.
Dutcher, meanwhile, described Coleman-Jones, a 6-10 forward, as “in the tradition of the versatile big that Aztec fans are used to seeing.”
“He provides a rebounding presence that we needed in this year’s recruiting class,” Dutcher added.
In four years of college basketball, first in 2019-20 at Northwestern and the last three at Middle Tennessee State, Coleman-Jones has averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 16.1 minutes per game.
Last season he blossomed, raising those numbers to 11 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists with an average of 28.1 minutes per game. The Jacksonville, Fla., native was honored as a third-team All-Conference USA performer at the conclusion of the season, after starting in each of the team’s 33 contests.
As a senior at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Ga., his team posted a 32-0 record, won the 7A state championship and finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation by MaxPreps.
Both McKinney and Coleman-Jones have one season of eligibility remaining.