Ohio State’s Taison Chatman to enter transfer portal after three seasons with Buckeyes
Chatman was an asset off the bench for Ohio State, but will finish his career elsewhere.
Ohio State's Taison Chatman, center, gets back on defense after hitting a 3-pointer against Michigan State during the second half on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Jake Diebler’s third Ohio State team will likely have several returners from this past season, but redshirt sophomore guard Taison Chatman will not be one of them.
Chatman has decided to move on from Ohio State, according to multiple media reports and will finish his career elsewhere. And if you can't keep track of who is coming and who is going, here's our #OhioState #Buckeyes roster tracker: https://t. co/9S6f2WRf3A — Adam Jardy (@AdamJardy) April 5, 2026 Chatman, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from the Minneapolis area, averaged 4.
3 points per game this season while appearing in 28 of the Buckeyes’ 34 games. Through Ohio State’s first 19 games, Chatman appeared in 14 of them and averaged 1. 9 points per game on 50% shooting in just under six minutes per game.
A switch was flipped on January 26 against Penn State, however — Chatman scored 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting in 17 minutes during the Buckeyes’ 84-78 win over the Nittany Lions . From that point forward, Chatman averaged 6. 7 points per game over the final 14 games, playing in every game for the remainder of the season aside from Ohio State’s loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament due to injury.