It appears that another Blue Deviltarters has chosen to remain in Durham for an additional season, just two days after it was revealed that Mark Mitchell, a starting basketball player for Duke, was hitting the transfer portal.
Tyrese Proctor, a sophomore guard, will return to Duke for his junior season, according to a story published on Thursday night by national college hoops insider Adam Zagoria.
Proctor is expected back, which is a huge plus for the Blue Devils. The 6-foot-5 guard, who served as a co-captain with graduate center Ryan Young and senior guard Jeremy Roach last season, will act as a seasoned team leader while directing Duke’s incoming six-deep recruiting class and setting the offensive scheme. He will likely resume his role as the primary floor general.
The 20-year-old Australian playmaker originally reclassified to play his freshman year during the 2022-23 season, with this past year serving as what should have been his original opening collegiate campaign.
Despite battling an ankle injury that kept him out of commission for most of December, Proctor made productive strides in his offensive game while continuing in his role as Duke’s premier on-ball defender. The Sydney native averaged 10.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game as a sophomore while shooting 42.3 percent from the field and 35.2 percent beyond the arc.
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