Georgia Tech lands All-Mountain West transfer Colby Garland

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have landed a commitment from one of the more intriguing players in the college basketball transfer portal this offseason. That would be Colby Garland, who committed to Georgia Tech on Tuesday morning. Garland is Georgia Tech's fifth portal addition this offseason, and he's going to be a big part of the rebuild led by new head coach Scott Cross. Cross was hired by Georgia Tech to replace Damon Stoudamire, who didn't make the NCAA Tournament once as head coach in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Cross had led Troy to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and back-to-back Sun Belt regular-season championships. Garland was a third-team All-Mountain West player last season for the San Jose State Spartans. In 29 games, including 27 starts, he averaged 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. He averaged 49.0% shooting from the field and 37.2% from three-point range. BREAKING: San Jose State transfer guard Colby Garland has committed to Georgia Tech, @JoeTipton reportsGarland averaged 20.3 points per game this past season.https://t.co/VYvcNaBLGx pic.twitter.com/hYp0iyMupj Garland was second in the Mountain West in scoring and 26th in the entire nation. He averaged the most points per game for the Spartans since 2012-13, when James Kinney averaged 20.6 points per game. Garland also finished the 2025-26 season on a 12-game streak of scoring 20 points or more. He's an experienced scorer, and he'll undoubtedly be a centerpiece of Georgia Tech's team next season. Garland played the 2023-24 season at Drake and played 2024-25 at Longwood. He's a former unranked recruit from Magnolia, Arkansas. Andrew Kulha is probably the only sports writer you know who also doubles as a mortician. Spooky! @KulhaSports Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. Emailed daily. Always free!