Our Daily Bears · Jul 1, 2021
James Akinjo Granted Waiver by NCAA; Immediately Eligible at Baylor
Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports In a perfect world, I’d have posted this 11 hours ago, but in the off-season, we’re not the fastest folks.
James Akinjo, Baylor’s transfer guard from Arizona, earned a waiver from the NCAA. He’ll be immediately eligible and should be Baylor’s starting point guard next season.
Akinjo played the last two seasons at Arizona after starting at Georgetown. Because he’d previously transferred, he needed a waiver to play this season.
The Arizona transfer earned First Team All-PAC 12 honors last year. He shot 41% from three and played a ton of minutes, leading the PAC-12 in percent of minutes played in conference play.