Your Georgetown Hoyas have suffered another departure as the transfer portal continues to reshape the roster. When a program largely needs to upgrade its roster, fans cannot lament every player who leaves for the transfer portal.
When the high ceiling of an athletic wing is seen, and a year was already lost due to a redshirt, seeing reports that 6-foot-9, 216-pound Jayden Fort is entering the transfer portal stings Hoyas fans. He joins KJ Lewis, Malik Mack, and DeShawn Harris-Smith in the great defection of 2026—again, for better or worse.
Fort arrived on the Hilltop with considerable promise, opting to skip his senior year at Jackson-Reed High School to join the program early. During the 2025-26 campaign, he showed flashes of his potential.
Fort provided several explosive dunks that energized the gym throughout the season. He recorded a career-high 15 points on perfect 5-for-5 shooting against Coppin State, but the playing time was inconsistent since mid-December.
However, he did not see a lot of minutes consistently under head coach Ed Cooley, logging just 458 total minutes across 34 games while averaging 3.3 points and 3.2 rebounds.
Here is what the current roster looks like, with more portal additions expected:
13 Langston Love 6-5 210 G Gr. Universal City, Texas / Montverde Academy Baylor25 Jeremiah Williams 6-4 200 G Gr. Chicago, Ill. / Simeon Rutgers3 Vince Iwuchukwu 7-1 257 C Sr. Imo State, Nigeria / Southern California Academy [Calif.] St. John’s1 DeShawn Harris-Smith 6-5 224 G Jr. Woodbridge, Va. / Paul VI Maryland2 Malik Mack 6-2 175 G Jr. Oxon Hill, Md. / St. John’s College High School [D.C.] Harvard5 KJ Lewis 6-4 210 G Jr. El Paso, Texas / Duncanville Arizona- 12 Austin Montgomery 6-6 205 F Jr. New Orleans, La. / Newman LSU
- 15 Hashem Asadallah 6-2 189 G Jr. Jabriya, Kuwait / American School of Kuwait
0 Jayden Fort 6-9 216 F So. Washington, D.C. / Jackson-Reed- 4 Caleb Williams 6-7 227 F So. Upper Marlboro, Md. / Sidwell Friends [D.C.]
- 7 Isaiah Abraham 6-7 205 F So. Gainesville, Va. / Paul VI UConn
- 11 Julius Halaifonua 7-0 259 C So. Auckland, New Zealand / NBA Global Academy [Australia]
- 14 Seal Diouf 6-9 255 C So. Gouda, Netherlands / The Dunn School [Calif.]
- 22 Mason Moses 6-6 209 G So. New York, N.Y. / Brewster Academy [N.H.]
- 30 Michael Van Raaphorst 6-2 218 G So. Chatham, N.J. / Delbarton
- 45 Kayvaun Mulready 6-4 219 G So. Worcester, Mass. / Worcester Academy
- 8 Gabriel Landeira 6-6 220 G Fr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Instituto de Formacao Profissional
- Incoming: Alex Constanza G/F, 6’8″ Weston, FL
- Incoming: Justin Caldwell PF, 6’9″ Fayetteville, NC
This departure raises questions about why this redshirt and development process does not seem to work. The situation feels strikingly similar to that of Drew McKenna, another local prospect with a big body who opted to skip his senior high school season, arrived early as a greenshirt, saw no action, and eventually transferred. Fort spent a year on the bench, generated plenty of hype, failed to meet expectations regarding playing time, and now transfers.
Many of the Georgetown faithful have said they wonder if this cycle is fair to the athlete. Bringing in young talent only to see them depart before they fully develop is a frustrating pattern for a program desperately seeking stability. These obvious downsides in the redshirt-approach are something the staff should be considering.
We wish him well. Best of luck, Jayden.
