Maryland men’s basketball adds combo guard DJ Wagner from transfer portal

Maryland men’s basketball might have discovered its playmaker on the level. Senior combo guard DJ Wagner has dedicated to the Terps, InsideMDSports first reported Saturday.

The 6-foot-4 former Arkansas Razorback needed to cope with two younger stars consuming minutes at their place final 12 months in Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas. Wagner began 19 of 35 video games, averaging 7.4 factors and a pair of.4 assists per sport in a season that was a statistical regression from his earlier two seasons.

The incoming Terp started his collegiate profession in Kentucky, the place he earned all-SEC freshman crew honors after averaging 9.9 factors and three.3 assists per sport, earlier than following head coach John Calipari to Arkansas.

Wagner took off throughout his first 12 months in Arkansas, incomes a beginning function and taking over full-time ball dealing with duties halfway by way of the season following an damage to a different freshman star, Boogie Fland. The senior averaged 12.2 factors and 4.6 assists per sport throughout 18 video games as a real level guard.

His notable on-court stamina is one thing Williams will seemingly look to use — Wagner averaged greater than 34.5 minutes per sport whereas beginning all of 36 Arkansas’ video games in that sophomore season.

In 2025-26, that utilization fell to 23.6 minutes per sport, the bottom mark of his profession. Wagner’s 3-point proportion and assist-to-turnover ratio improved sharply, although, signaling that the previous five-star recruit has extra to show in his last collegiate season.