Washington State Guard Yesufu commits to West Virginia

The West Virginia basketball program has added another piece of the transfer portal with the commitment of Washington State guard Joseph Yesufu.

The 6-foot-2 Yesufu had ties to coach Darian DeVries as he spent two years at Drake in 2019 and 2020.

With the Bulldogs, he averaged 3.8 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in the 13 games he played as a freshman. As a sophomore, Yesufu was named the Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year after averaging 12.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

The Illinois native then transferred to Kansas, where he spent two years appearing in 69 games during that span, where he averaged 2.1 points in the first and 4.1 in the second.

He would then transfer to Washington State, where he started all six games he played before being sidelined with a hip injury that cost him the remainder of the season. In those six games, Yesufu averaged 6.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.8 assists. He also shot 35 percent from three.

Yesufu would have one season of eligibility remaining in his career after missing almost all of last season.

Yesufu becomes the latest addition to the transfer portal for West Virginia, joining Drake forward Tucker DeVries, Oklahoma State point guard, University of Illinois-Chicago wing Toby Okani, and in-state great from Fresno Eduardo Andre to Illinois guard Sencire Harris and Illinois forward Amani Hansberry as the Mountaineers are looking to reshape the roster with a new head coach.

Overall, the Mountaineers now have up to ten scholarship players on the roster.

WVSports.com will have more with Yesufu in the near future.