Smith will not play in 2024-25 but will be able to practice and travel with the team.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang has announced the addition of Tyreek Smith (Baton Rouge, La./Trinity Christian/Texas Tech/Oklahoma State/Memphis) as a mid-season transfer on Friday (Jan. 24).
Smith will not play this season. However, he will be eligible to practice and travel with the team. He will seek a waiver to play his final season of eligibility at K-State in 2025-26. He was among the student-athletes who played during the 2020-21 athletic season and thus received the extra season of eligibility from the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 6-foot-8, 225-pound wing, Smith arrives at K-State from Memphis, where he transferred this past offseason. However, he opted to enter the transfer portal before playing an official game with the Tigers. He started his college career at Texas Tech in 2019-20 before spending 2 seasons at Oklahoma State (2021-23) and one season at SMU (2023-24). He received a redshirt for the 2019-20 season before playing for the Red Raiders in 2020-21.
Smith has scored more than 600 points in his 128-game college career, connecting on 60 percent (245-of-408) from the field to go with 490 rebounds, 129 blocks, 59 steals and 46 assists. His best individual season came in 2023-24 while at SMU, as he averaged 8.2 points on 58.4 percent (104-of-178) shooting with 5.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while playing in 33 games with 13 starts.
A native of Baton Rouge, La., Smith played his high school basketball for Trinity Christian in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, earning 2018 TAPPS 5A Player of the Year honors. He averaged a double-double as a senior in 2018-19 with 17.9 points and 12.3 rebounds to go with 3.0 blocks per game. He also received First Team All-State and district Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior.
Smith is the son of Richard Smith and Paulette Smith and has five siblings, Richard, Ebony, Chauncey, Donna and Christina.
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