For the second straight day, Creighton landed a recruit, though this time it was a completely under-the-radar transfer: former New Mexico Lobo guard Damien Jefferson. The 6’5″, 190-pound guard from East Chicago Central High School was recruited to New Mexico by new CU assistant Alan Huss, and played one year in Albuquerque. He’ll sit out the 2017-18 season and have three years of eligibility beginning in 2018 now that he’s joined Huss in Omaha.
Jefferson was a three-star recruit coming out of high school and ranked in the Top 150 recruits in the 2016 class, and when he committed to the Lobos, he was touted as a player whose athleticism and toughness would make him a plus-defender and rebounder — two areas the Bluejays always seem to need help.