Texas Tech University Athletics
Officially Signed: LeJuan Watts
April 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech head coach Grant McCasland has officially announced the signing of transfer forward LeJuan Watts who joins the program for the 2025-26 season and has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
A redshirt junior from Fresno, California, Watts played at Washington State last season after transferring from Eastern Washington. Watts is coming off a sophomore season where he averaged 13.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game with nine double-doubles and one triple-double as a starter in all 34 games for the Cougars. After redshirting his first year, Watts earned Big Sky Freshman of the Year at Eastern Washington during the 2023-24 season where he averaged 9.4 points per game on 123-for-201 (61.2 percent) shooting from the field. He added 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 12 blocked shots during that freshman season which began with a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double at Utah in his first collegiate game.
Watts earned All-WCC Honorable Mention selection last season for Washington State after ranking in the top 15 in scoring, rebounding and assists in the WCC. He recorded a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists at Santa Clara and scored a season-high 24 points against San Francisco after going 11-of-13 from the free-throw line along with adding 12 rebounds and five assists. Watts scored 20-plus points in five games, including the final two with 20 points against San Francisco in the WCC Basketball Championship quarterfinals and then with 22 points and eight rebounds against Georgetown in the first round of the College Basketball Crown. He produced a season-best 14 rebounds against Idaho in a game where he added 16 points and had a career-high 10 assists. For the season, he finished with 149 total assists, 466 points and 228 rebounds.
Watts will come into the 2025-26 at Texas Tech with 768 points, 385 rebounds, 203 assists and 10 double-doubles through 66 career games played. A Fresno, California native, he played at Bullard High School where he was a two-time all-conference player who averaged 18 points per game as a senior. His late father, Walter Watts, played at Utah under head coach Rick Majerus and helped the Utes to the 1991 Sweet 16. Â
Watts, listed as the No. 50 best transfer by The Athletic, is the second player to sign with Texas Tech this offseason following its run to the 2025 NCAA Tournament Elite 8. He follows Tyeree Bryan who signed with the Red Raiders on April 9 after playing the previous two seasons at Santa Clara where he averaged 10.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.06 3-pointers made per game last season. The Red Raiders finished last season with a 28-9 overall record, including being second in the Big 12 standings with a 15-5 conference record. Tech matched the program record with a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the program's third Elite 8. The Red Raiders are 51-20 over the past two seasons under McCasland with back-to-back trips to the national tournament.
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