Winters Grady has found a new home in the Big Ten.
Grady, who spent his freshman season at Michigan, announced he’s transferring to Minnesota in a social media post on Friday.
Grady’s commitment to the Golden Gophers comes a couple days after he took a visit to Minnesota and nine days after he became the first Wolverine from the national title team to enter the transfer portal.
A 6-foot-6, 210-pound wing, Grady saw limited action in his lone season at Michigan due to a nagging foot injury and the fact he played behind a group of experienced perimeter players. He appeared in nine games and averaged 2.9 points and 1.1 rebounds in six minutes.
He last played on Jan. 2 against USC before he made the decision to sit out the rest of the season because of a lingering foot issue that he’s been battling since his sophomore year of high school. He’s expected to apply for a medical redshirt, which will give him four seasons of eligibility.
Grady, a former top-100 prospect and four-star recruit out of California’s Prolific Prep, is joining a Minnesota team that went 15-18 overall, finished 11th in the 18-team Big Ten with an 8-12 mark and was decimated by injuries in coach Niko Medved’s first season.
Grady is the first of two Wolverines who have entered the portal to announce his transfer destination. Big man Malick Kordel, who also played sparingly during his freshman year in Ann Arbor, has yet to declare where he’s headed next.
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