Former Tennessee forward and recent Arkansas signee Jonas Aidoo is withdrawing from the 2024 NBA Draft and will play for the Razorbacks next season, as first reported by CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Aidoo committed to Arkansas on April 29th after three seasons at Tennessee. At the time, he was ranked by 247Sports as the No. 11 overall player in the transfer portal and the second-best power forward. The Durham, N.C. native improved each year with the Volunteers, with his junior season being his best. He averaged 11.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game, shooting 51.5% from the field, and earned AP First Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive team honors.
Arkansas fans will remember that Aidoo had a 23-point, 12-rebound double-double in Tennessee’s 92-63 win over Arkansas inside Bud Walton Arena on Feb. 14. Earlier in the year on Dec. 12, he scored a career-best 29 points against Georgia Southern and recorded a career-high 15 rebounds on Jan. 13 against Georgia.
Aidoo was one of two Arkansas transfer signees involved in the draft process. Johnell Davis has not yet announced his decision and remains in the NBA Draft. The NCAA deadline to withdraw and return to school is May 29.
Graduated from Durham Voyager Academy in 2020 and spent a prep year at Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, where he was coached in 2020-21 by Michael Wright … Was rated as high as No. 21 nationally in the Class of 2021 by Rivals.com, and he was tabbed as the top prospect in the state of North Carolina by the 247sports.com composite … Averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocks while shooting 68 percent in his lone season at Liberty Heights … At the Phenom HoopState Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in March of 2021, Aidoo posted a three-game scoring average of 17.3 points while leading Liberty Heights to the championship game … As a high school senior in 2019-20, he averaged 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks per game at Durham Voyager Academy … A growth spurt prior to his sophomore year added five inches to his frame … Played his AAU ball with Pro Skill Basketball’s “Team Curry” program, coached by Sim Frazier.
Personal
- Full name is Jonas Parker Aidoo
- Last name pronounced: AY-doo
- Born Dec. 10, 2002, in Durham, North Carolina
- Son of Regina Parker-Aidoo and Tony Aidoo
- Enrolled at Tennessee with more than 400,000 followers and nine million “likes” on TikTok (@jonasaidoo).
- Academic Major: Journalism & Electronic Media
- Recipient of The Richard Mark Foster Family Scholarship
