Mark Mitchell plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal after 5-for-5 rule, preliminary injunctions

Former Missouri forward Mark Mitchell plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, On3’s Joe Tipton confirms. He went through the NBA Draft process this summer after exhausting his eligibility, however the NCAA’s five-for-five rule and a preliminary injunction for the 2022 recruiting class have paved a path back to college basketball. The 6-foot-9 forward was one of the top recruits in the 2022 class, ranked No. 23 nationally as part of Duke’s talented recruiting haul. After two seasons, he transferred closer to home, landing at Missouri. $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage He went on to become a two-time All-SEC selection for the Tigers. In the 2025-26 season, Mitchell averaged 18.3 points and 5.2 rebounds, shooting 38.8-percent from the three-point line and 54.7-percent from the field. In total across four seasons, the 22-year old has averaged 13.2 points and 5.1 rebounds. He went undrafted in the 2026 NBA Draft, but averaged 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds while playing for the Denver Nuggets Summer League team in Las Vegas earlier this month. Mitchell immediately becomes one of the top available players on the market as teams scramble to fill out their roster with a new pool of talent added back into the mix. Other notable players to already announce their plan to enter the transfer portal include UCLA guard Donovan Dent, and Ole Miss guard AJ Storr. Preliminary injunction for 2022 class opens door Judge Charlotte Sweeney of the U.S. District Court of Colorado has granted a class-wide preliminary injunction that requires the NCAA to declare eligible all high school class of 2022 athletes who exhausted four seasons of eligibility this spring, according to documents obtained by On3’s Pete Nakos. “All persons in the United States who began to play in collegiate sports in the 2022-2023 season, competed in NCAA Division I sports, and completed four years of eligibility as defined by the NCAA’s prior rules by the conclusion of the 2025-2026 season, and are therefore barred from playing a fifth season due to the NCAA’s adoption and immediate implementation of the Five-Year Eligibility Rule,” the class certification read. For the players included in the injunction, the Portal will be open from Aug. 3 through Aug. 10. To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.