Wake Forest transfer Juke Harris, a 6-foot-7 sophomore guard, has committed to Tennessee, he announced on Monday. The highly coveted wing will also be withdrawing from the NBA Draft.
Harris, the No. 1 overall player in Hoops HQ’s transfer rankings, chose the Volunteers over Michigan and UNC. Tennessee was a finalist to land Harris out of high school, but the North Carolina native eventually chose to stay closer to home.
The 20-year-old made a dramatic leap in his second season with the Demon Deacons, averaging 21.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals. He was named to the All-ACC Second Team and won the conference’s Most Improved Player award. His 730 total points were the second most ever recorded by a Wake Forest player in a single season. He also set the program record by scoring at least 10 points in 35 straight outings.
With his size, skill and versatility, Harris has proven capable of dominating games on both ends of the floor. He joins a loaded Tennessee transfer class that already rated among the best in the country.
Rick Barnes had to rebuild a majority of his roster after point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie graduated, forward Nate Ament declared for the NBA Draft and seven other players opted to transfer out. As he told Hoops HQ in mid-April, Barnes’ new approach to the offseason is “production over retention” — and he’s added a staggering amount of production via the portal.
In addition to Harris, the Vols have signed six transfers, all of whom averaged double-digit points in 2025-26: 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Terrence Hill Jr. (VCU), 6-foot-5 senior guard Tyler Lundblade (Belmont) , 6-foot-2 junior guard Dai Dai Ames (California), 6-foot-7 freshman forward Jalen Haralson (Notre Dame), 6-foot-10 junior center Miles Rubin (Loyola Chicago), 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Braedan Lue (Kennesaw State).
Barnes has assembled a roster that looks, at least on paper, like an offensive juggernaut, which is not the usual identity of his teams. Harris headlines a backcourt that should be very difficult to contain. Hill was the primary weapon (15.0 points per game) on a VCU team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament; Lundblade, the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, is one of the nation’s top shooters; and Ames led Cal in scoring (16.9 points per game) and connected on 37.6 percent of his threes.
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