Arizona Wildcats junior wide receiver Kevin Green Jr. entered the transfer portal on Monday, the day before the two-week spring portal period ends.
Green played two-plus seasons for the Wildcats as a backup slot receiver and was in position to potentially start alongside Tetairoa McMillan and Montana Lemonious-Craig for the upcoming season. Green also received reps at punt returner this spring.
Green signed with Arizona in 2022 as a three-star prospect, after the Los Angeles-area native flipped his commitment from the USC Trojans.
Green, who started one game against Utah in place of the hobbled Jacob Cowing, had eight catches for 97 yards in his second season with the Wildcats, after redshirting his freshman season. Green was in the starting lineup during the spring last season, while Cowing started at the “Z” receiver spot left behind by Dorian Singer. Once Lemonious-Craig transferred from Colorado after the spring game, Cowing went back to slot receiver.
Although Green contended for starting snaps this spring, in addition to first-year head coach Brent Brennan and wide receivers coach Bobby Wade vowing to extend Arizona's receiver rotation this year, it was bound for one of the UA's receivers to transfer this offseason considering it's one of the Wildcats' deepest position groups.
Besides McMillan and Lemonious-Craig, sophomore Malachi Riley, third-year receivers AJ Jones and Chris Hunter, redshirt freshmen Devin Hyatt and Jackson Holman, early enrollee Brandon Phelps and walk-on Rex Haynes, son of former Arizona State Sun Devil and NFL defensive back Mike Haynes, have all stood out this spring. Riley and Haynes both caught touchdowns in Arizona's spring game on Saturday.
