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Grambling Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

KenPom #300 · 14–19 · 2025–26 · Division 1 · Southwestern Athletic Conference · Grambling, LA

Grambling finished 14–19 (SWAC 6th, KenPom #300) in 2025–26. 14 players hold the 2026–27 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season12
Transfer additions9
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2026
Most common home stateTX (5)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2026 — 7 ahead.

2026
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening6 ahead
2027
Gcrowded10 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2028
Gbalanced8 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Antoine Shannon6′6″So
Grigorije Avramovic—Jr
Kyle Layton5′10″Fr
Chancellor Perkins6′2″So
Dwayne Pierce6′5″Jr
Isaiah Howard6′2″Sr
Antonio Shannon6′6″So
Colin Byrd6′4″Fr
Brandon Hardy6′2″Sr
Tyler Bey6′9″Jr
Forwards in that room (4)
Imoh Erims6′9″Fr
Mekhi Fitts6′7″Sr
Isaiah Miranda7′2″Sr
Hassan Washington6′8″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Grambling

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G opening (7 ahead), F opening (6 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 9 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, LA, FL.

3 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 3 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

5% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 10 of 14

Tyler Bey6′9″Jr
Antoine Shannon6′6″So
Antonio Shannon6′6″So
Dwayne Pierce6′5″Jr
Colin Byrd6′4″Fr
Chancellor Perkins6′2″So1.1 PPG
Isaiah Howard6′2″Sr · final yr
Brandon Hardy6′2″Sr · final yr
Kyle Layton5′10″Fr
Grigorije Avramovic—Jr

Frontcourt 4 of 14 · forwards + centers

Isaiah Miranda7′2″Sr · F · final yr
Imoh Erims6′9″Fr · F
Hassan Washington6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Mekhi Fitts6′7″Sr · F · final yr3.3 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

5%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Mekhi Fitts3.3 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Chancellor Perkins1.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school9via the portal

5 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

3 of 14

3 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Isaiah Miranda #45.

Where from

TX 5 · LA 4 · FL 2 · IL 2 · VA 2 · AL 1

4 international: London, England; Dakar, Senegal; Providence, R.I; Pancevo

High schools: Whitney Young HS; Highland HS; Pace Academy and 1 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Antoine Shannon
→Grigorije Avramovic
→Dwayne Pierce
→Isaiah Howard
→Antonio Shannon
→Isaiah Miranda
→Hassan Washington
→Brandon Hardy
→Tyler Bey

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Nazar Mahmoud
←Antonio Munoz

How this roster compares

Southwestern Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureGramblingConference
Average guard height6′4″6′4″
Average frontcourt height6′10″6′8″+2″
Roster size1415−1
Freshman share21%18%+3pp

The five-year arc

kenpom rank · wins · conference finish
#3252021–22#1782022–23#2622023–24#3202024–25#3002025–26
12–20 · SWAC 7th24–9 · SWAC 1st21–15 · SWAC 2nd12–22 · SWAC 6th14–19 · SWAC 6th

Coaching staff

Aaron ProctorAssistant coach
Desmin WadeGeneral manager / assistant coach
Tyrone LevettAssociate head coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 3 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 2 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate45%
SAT midpoint931
ACT midpoint17

How this page is made: Rosters: official Grambling rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Grambling's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Ratings: KenPom, five seasons; conference finish computed among same-conference teams by rating · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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