Skyy Clark is back in the NCAA.
The former UCLA guard announced his commitment to LSU on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Colorado federal Judge Charlotte Sweeney granted a preliminary injunction that provided college athletes from the 2022 recruiting class an additional year of eligibility – in line with the NCAA’s new age-based policies that provide five years for athletes.
Clark, alongside former backcourt teammate Donovan Dent, was one of 25 NCAA athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in California to secure eligibility for the 2026-27 season.
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The Los Angeles local initially entered the transfer portal April 7 after seeking a waiver for an extra season after a freshman campaign playing just 13 games at Illinois, having stepped away because of personal reasons. While the potential of returning to Westwood was not previously out of the question, Clark joins a Tigers squad that went 15-17 overall last year, ranking dead last in the SEC.
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LSU will be Clark’s fourth team in five years, competing for UCLA through the last two seasons, where he started all but three of 60 games played in LA. Clark played for Louisville in his second collegiate season.
In 2025-26, the former five-star recruit posted 11.5 points per game and was one of the Bruins’ best shooters, drilling perimeter shots on a 42.7% clip on 4.8 attempts per game. Clark helped lead UCLA to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances – losing in the second round both times – while also securing a Big Ten tournament semifinal berth in his last year.
LSU coach Will Wade adds Clark to a team in desperate need of recruits, having just four official players listed on the roster, all of whom are upperclassmen. Wade returns to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for his second stint as head coach of the Tigers, previously serving from 2017 to 2022.
Wade has been the subject of recent criticism for his recruiting tactics that focus heavily on professional players, amid recent changes to NCAA eligibility rules, according to CBS Sports.
Regardless of how the rest of the Tigers’ roster shapes out, Clark provides capable shooting and ball-handling to a squad that has not competed in March Madness since 2022.
It has yet to be announced where Dent will transfer to.
