Former BYU Forward Kanon Catchings Commits To SEC Program
Apr 14, 2025, 11:02 AM | Updated: 11:42 am
Former BYU basketball forward Kanon Catchings committed to the Georgia Bulldogs. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
(Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
PROVO, Utah – Former BYU basketball forward Kanon Catchings has found a new home.
Catchings has reportedly committed to the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC. The former BYU freshman shared the commitment status on his personal Instagram stories feed.
NEWS: BYU freshman Kanon Catchings is transferring to Georgia, a source tells @247Sports.
A former four-star recruit and one of the highest upside prospects in the portal. https://t.co/P3cJ895pjk pic.twitter.com/NipK9CHHOx
— Travis Branham (@TravisBranham_) April 14, 2025
Along with Georgia, Catchings also considered the North Carolina Tar Heels. But he ultimately goes to the SEC to play for a Bulldogs program that earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years this past season.
Catchings is a former four-star recruit in the 2024 cycle, who was initially signed to play at Purdue, but then he flipped to BYU. The 6-foot-9 forward had a connection on BYU’s coaching staff from his time at Overtime Elite, leading him to Provo.
Catchings was the No. 41 overall prospect in the 2024 recruiting cycle when he signed with BYU. He was rated as the No. 61 overall prospect in the 2025 Transfer Portal class by 247Sports.
Catchings is the second former BYU player in this cycle to find a new landing spot at a power conference program. He joins Dallin Hall, who committed to the Virginia Cavaliers.
Kanon Catchings spent one season with the BYU basketball program
Catchings started the first 15 games of BYU’s season as a stretch four. Then, on January 14 against Oklahoma State, BYU head coach Kevin Young brought Catchings off the bench in a reserve role. He had only one game after January 4 where he appeared in more than 20 minutes in a game. That was on January 28, when he had a perfect 8-of-8 shooting from the field for 23 points in an overtime win against Baylor.
Catchings also had a big performance off the bench in a win at Arizona on February 22, scoring 14 points in 15 minutes.
BYU was 10-5 in games with Catchings in the starting lineup. They closed out the year 16-5 with him coming off the bench, including a pair of NCAA Tournament victories.
The defensive end of the floor was an area where BYU head coach Kevin Young challenged Kanon Catchings.
When BYU made the lineup change, they turned to former Rutgers transfer and strong defender Mawot Mag to take Catchings’ spot.
A former four-star recruit from Overtime Elite, Catchings averaged 7.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, and shot 41% from the field this past year at BYU.
He is one of the highest-rated signees BYU has signed out of high school in the internet era of recruiting rankings.
On March 1, Catchings suffered a knee injury that limited his availability in the season’s final month. He was cleared on the Monday before BYU’s NCAA Tournament opener against VCU.
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