Zayden High leaves North Carolina after one year

The University of North Carolina announced on Tuesday that sophomore forward Zayden High is no longer enrolled and has left after one year.

The school put out a release stating that he is no longer enrolled and did not provide any more details about the situation. High joined North Carolina as part of the 2023 class along with Elliot Cadeau, committing to the Tar Heels in 2023. He picked UNC over Arkansas , Michigan , Texas , and Villanova.

In his lone season with North Carolina, High appeared in 23 games and did not make a start. He totaled 18 points and had 26 rebounds during those games.

Going into this season, there was a shot for High to earn some valuable minutes with the departures that the program had. The Tar Heels were already thin in the front court and now the loss of High impacts that even more.

High was ranked No. 70 overall in the 2023 class per the 247Sports composite rankings, committing out of Texas. With his departure, UNC now has just 11 scholarship players and recently added another player with former Georgia Tech forward Tyzhaun Claude .

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