Third-year Alabama guard Nimari Burnett entered the transfer portal Tuesday, a source confirmed to AL.com.

Burnett began this season as a starter before suffering a wrist injury in early December. He returned to the lineup in late January and came off the bench for the remainder of the season. Burnett averaged 14.6 minutes and 5.6 points per game, starting nine of the 27 games he played.

Burnett is the first Alabama player to enter the portal since the Tide was knocked out of the NCAA tournament on Friday by San Diego State.

A former McDonald’s high school All-American, Burnett was the No. 34 overall player in the 2020 class by 247 Sports’ composite. He played 12 games for Texas Tech in 2020-21 before leaving that program and later transferring to Alabama, where he missed the entire 2021-22 season because of a torn ACL suffered in preseason practice.

The 6-foot-4 shooting guard earned a spot in Alabama’s starting lineup to begin this past season, scoring a season-high 18 points on 5-of-6 three-point shooting during a Nov. 18 win over Jacksonville State. He was also praised by coach Nate Oats for his defense during a road win over then-No. 1 Houston on Dec. 10.

But Burnett suffered a broken wrist and did not return until Jan. 21 at Missouri. He shot a combined 7-of-14 on three-pointers off the bench in back-to-back games against Vanderbilt and Florida, and had 11 points on 3-of-4 three-point shooting in a loss to Tennessee.

Burnett then shot 4-of-25 on three pointers over the remainder of the season, while seeing his minutes shrink by March. He played only four minutes of the SEC tournament semifinals and did not appear in Alabama’s SEC tournament title game win over Texas A&M. He played 18 minutes off the bench and shot 3-of-6 on three-pointers in a first-round win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the NCAA tournament, but was limited to eight minutes in Friday’s loss to San Diego State.

“I’ll miss all these guys as I — journeys go forward,” Burnett said after the game.

Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.