Georgetown University men’s basketball head coach Ed Cooley has dipped into the NCAA transfer portal for the first time this offseason.
Junior guard Jaland Lowe, who most recently played for the University of Kentucky, announced his commitment to Georgetown for the 2026-2027 season April 13. Three days later, Elmarko Jackson, a 6-foot-3-inch redshirt sophomore guard from the University of Kansas, also committed to the Hoyas.
Four-star Hoya recruit Alex Constanza announced April 15 he was reentering the transfer portal, after committing to Georgetown in Nov. 2025.
Lowe, a 6-foot-1-inch, 170 lbs point guard, is coming off an injury-riddled junior season that followed a breakout sophomore campaign in 2024-2025.
Out of high school, the Missouri City, Texas native, a 4-star recruit and ESPN’s No. 80 recruit in the country, committed to the University of Pittsburgh. As a first-year, Lowe averaged 9.6 points and 3.3 assists per game, finishing as Pittsburgh’s fourth-leading scorer, before impressing in his sophomore season. Starting all 31 games for the Panthers in the 2024-2025 season, Lowe led the team in scoring and assisting, averaging 16.8 points and 5.5 assists per game. His efforts earned him third-team all-ACC honors.
After his second season at Pittsburgh, Lowe entered the transfer portal for the first time as ESPN’s No. 25-ranked portal entry and committed to the University of Kentucky. His sophomore year efforts earned him a spot on the Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist, published by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to honor the top 20 point guards in the NCAA.
Tabbed to lead the Wildcats’ offense for their 2025-26 campaign, Lowe’s time in Lexington was immediately hampered by injury. Lowe originally hurt his right shoulder in an intra-squad scrimmage Oct. 17, which put him out of the team’s preseason exhibitions. Lowe played the first two games of the season before aggravating the injury in practice less than a month later, sidelining him for a month.
Lowe returned for seven more games, including Kentucky’s 78-66 victory over Saint John’s University in Dec. 2025 — Lowe had 13 points and 3 assists in just 14 minutes.
On Jan. 10, three minutes into the Wildcats’ matchup against Mississippi State University, Lowe stole the ball and immediately grabbed at his right shoulder and left the court. He did not return for the remainder of the season.
After battling through the injury since before the season’s start, Lowe finally decided to undergo season-ending surgery in January, which he is currently recovering from. In the days after his surgery, Lowe’s father, Marland Lowe, said his son planned on returning to Kentucky for this upcoming season, but that depended on the university. He also said that if Kentucky did decide to move on from Lowe, his son would have no shortage of suitors.
Two weeks ago, after Jaland Lowe officially entered the transfer portal, Marland Lowe said he was proud of his son’s effort in playing through injury, though he was on board with the decision to shut him down for the season in January.
“As a parent, of course, one would have wanted their child to shut it down, but we expect mental and physical toughness from our sons,” Marland Lowe told A Sea Of Blue. “He showed what is instilled within him. The effort was clear. We are proud of him.”
Jackson was more highly recruited than Lowe coming out of high school, but has not reached the heights Lowe has so far in the NCAA.
A former McDonald’s All-American, Jackson was ESPN’s No. 26 recruit in the 2023 class coming out of high school before committing to the University of Kansas. In his first-year season as a Jayhawk, Jackson started in 17 games and averaged 4.3 points per game on 18.5 minutes a night.
Jackson also comes with his own injury history. He tore his patellar tendon during a summer workout in June 2024 and got surgery, missing the entire 2024-25 season. Unlike Lowe, Jackson opted not to transfer after his injury. He served as the team’s sixth man during the 2025-26 season, averaging 4.8 points per game while shooting 38% from the field and 37% from three. He helped Kansas to a 24-11 season and a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, where they lost to St. John’s after Red Storm guard Dylan Darling drove past Jackson for a buzzer-beater layup.
Despite his offensive inconsistencies, injury and the unfortunate end to his time as a Jayhawk, Jackson will bring experience and high-level perimeter defending to the Hilltop.
As Lowe and Jackson join the team, Constanza departs before ever arriving on the Hilltop. The 6-foot-8-inch small forward from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is ESPN’s No. 35 recruit in the 2026 class. Constanza committed to Georgetown in Nov. 2025, after the Hoyas beat out schools including the University of Miami and Syracuse University.
Upon his commitment, Constanza was the Hoyas’ highest-ranked recruit since Greg Monroe in 2008. At the time, Constanza was ESPN’s 29th-ranked recruit in his class and was ranked in the top 20 by Rivals. His departure means that as of today, the only forwards currently on the roster for the 2026-27 season are sophomore Caleb Williams and incoming first-year Justin Caldwell.
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