Jaeden Mustaf is a HOOSIER

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-indiana-lands-georgia-tech-guard-jaeden-mustaf-from-the-transfer-portal-281633803/

 

 

 

[tyappleg]

[FortWayneHoosier]

from insidethehall.com:

 

Jaeden Mustaf, a 6-foot-6 wing who played the last two seasons at Georgia Tech, committed to IU basketball today out of the transfer portal.

Mustaf has two seasons of eligibility remaining and took an official visit to Bloomington over the weekend.

Over two seasons with the Yellow Jackets, Mustaf averaged 9.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, two assists and 0.7 steals in 26.2 minutes per game.

He started 33 times in 55 appearances at Georgia Tech and was the third-leading scorer for the Yellow Jackets in the 2025-26 season.

Mustaf, the son of the late Jerrod Mustaf, who played in the NBA and was a first-round draft pick, is originally from Bowie, Maryland and played at Overtime Elite in high school.

Before Overtime Elite, Mustaf played at Carmel Christian School in Matthews, North Carolina and at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, which produced former IU All-American and No. 2 NBA draft pick Victor Oladipo.

He was the No. 59 player in the final 247Sports Composite rankings for the 2024 class. He visited IU as a high school player under the previous coaching staff.

After a freshman season at Georgia Tech in which he struggled with his efficiency, Mustaf showed improvement in his second season on a Yellow Jacket team that was the worst in the ACC and missed the conference tournament.

In 26 games as a freshman at Georgia Tech, Mustaf shot only 40.4 percent on 2s and 34.4 percent on 3s on 32 attempts. He did show an ability to draw fouls and get to the line, as evidenced by a strong free-throw rate (FTA/FGA) of 45.9 percent in his first season.

That continued in his second season, as he posted a free-throw rate of 47.6 overall and 49 percent in ACC play, ranking 10th in the league. He is a career 72.2 percent free-throw shooter on 194 attempts.

Mustaf shot 44.6 percent on 2s as a sophomore and 38.9 percent on 3s (21-for-54). That’s not a significant enough volume to classify Mustaf as a reliable perimeter threat, but if he can shoot in the mid-30s percentage-wise and also act as a slasher who can get to the rim and draw fouls, he could be a helpful addition to IU’s wing rotation.

[iubb]

 

[OGIUAndy]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/georgia-tech-transfer-jaeden-mustaf-commits-to-iu-basketball/

[Stuhoo]

A talent infusion. Not a performance infusion in his career to date, but he raises our ceiling if he can develop.

Welcome Jaeden!

 

[IU5355]

Mustaf has a big frame and can get downhill and finish at the bucket. 

Yes please. Good start. 

[LamarCheeks]

Those won't be boos you're hearing next season in SSAH.

They'll be chanting: "Moooooooooooooose" 

Or ... they very well could be boos. 

 

[Old Friend]

Solid depth piece.   I like it...getting players NOT from Drexel is a good idea.

[Uspshoosier]

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

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[Demo]

Welcome young man. Couple of seasons late, though I imagine had he chosen IU out of high school  he’d be somewhere else now. So it probably worked out the way it should have.

[Pryght]

 

[ronzo4IU]

Nice..welcome aboard...I think he's going to have a big year coming up!

[Shooter]

Anyone have a scouting report on Mustaf defensively? Good athlete, so I'm hoping he's a plus there. 

[HoosierHoopster]

Welcome aboard Jaeden!

[Jeff Flabjohns]

1 hour ago, Pryght said:

 

Thank goodness for that Purdue game. If we didn’t win that there’d be no footage for these videos lol 

[Lebowski]

Can he play defense?

[Hovadipo]

Learning that his name is pronounced "moose-toff" is my Fyre Fest.

I Mustaf missed that along the way.

[HoosierHoopster]

4 hours ago, IU5355 said:

Mustaf has a big frame and can get downhill and finish at the bucket. 

Yes please. Good start. 

Exactly what I like about him -- he's a big tough guard who also can shoot. Bigger, more athletic - check