Kevin McCullar Jr.

Kevin McCullar Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas and played basketball for Karen Wagner High School. As a sophomore he helped his team reach the Class 6A state title game. During his junior season, McCullar averaged 16.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, before fracturing his tibia during the playoffs. He opted to graduate early and bypass his senior season. McCullar was a consensus 4-star recruit and committed to Texas Tech over offers from Houston, Kansas State and Louisville. McCullar redshirted his first season at Texas Tech to rehabilitate from his fractured tibia. As a freshman, McCullar averaged 6.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. In his sophomore season, he averaged 10.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, earning All-Big 12 honorable mention. In April of 2022, he entered the transfer portal while also declaring for the NBA Draft. On May 19,2022 McCullar announced he was transferring to Kansas while also remaining in the NBA Draft. However, on June 1, 2022, McCullar removed himself from the NBA Draft and announced he would be playing for the Jayhawks. In 2022-2023 for the Jayhawks, McCullar started 33 of the 34 games and averaged 10.7 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals per game. After the season, McCullar decided to come back to school for his 6th season and had a spectacular season to put him on NBA teams draft boards. He started 26 games and tallied 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest.