After he left Alabama basketball following the Crimson Tide’s Final Four campaign, Rylan Griffen is heading back to the transfer portal. Griffen shared the news to his social media, after it was reported initially by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello.

Griffen spent last season at Kansas, which fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Arkansas. He finished the year averaging 6.3 points per game, along with 2.1 rebounds.

Statistically, Griffen regressed from his final season at UA, where he put up 11.2 points and 3.4 points per game. His shooting percentage also took a dip, from 45.4% from the field and 39.2% from three, to 37.2% overall, 33.6% from deep.

Griffen was a key element to the 2023-24 Crimson Tide’s Final Four run. He started 33 games for Alabama that year, and averaged 12.4 points throughout the NCAA Tournament, including 19 in an upset Sweet 16 win over North Carolina.

“Obviously I was leaving a good team, but I just think I had more in store,” Griffen said of his transfer to Kansas before the season, according to Rivals. “I wanted to come do it for a different team and play for a different team now.”

The 6-foot-6, 190-pound guard joined the Crimson Tide as a freshman for the 2022-23 season. He scored 5.9 points and grabbed 2.6 rebounds per game his first year, playing all 37 games for Alabama.

He was a four-star recruit out of Richardson High School in Dallas. 247Sports ranked Griffen as the No. 3 shooting guard in his class before his arrival in Tuscaloosa.

Griffen will have one year of eligibility remaining at whichever school he chooses out of the transfer portal.