By ADAM ZAGORIA
Penn State transfer Kayden Mingo has signed with Baylor, the school announced.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard averaged 13.7 points, 4.3 assists and 2.1 steals in 28 starts for the Nittany Lions. Mingo shot 48% from the field and 71% from the line in his first collegiate season.
He is the older brother of five-star guard Dylan Mingo, who had Baylor among his finalists before committing to North Carolina under head coach Hubert Davis. The younger Mingo decommitted after Mike Malone was hired and remains a free agent..
Dylan Mingo is “still up in the air” on his recruitment, per a source. A lot of schools have reached out.
Kayden Mingo scored in double figures in 21 games with three of those being 20-plus points. He had a season-best game at Oregon with 24 points, going 9-for-13 from the field. The freshman dished out a season-high of eight assists at Ohio State.
Kayden Mingo WINS IT for @PennStateMBB 🔥pic.twitter.com/y6r6TVNaAo
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 1, 2026
The Farmingdale, N.Y. native graduated from Long Island Lutheran, the same high school as former Bear and current Philadelphia 76ers player VJ Edgecombe. Mingo was a consensus top-40 recruit and the highest-ranked recruit in Penn State’s program history. Out of high school, he was ranked No. 34 nationally per 247Sports and No. 39 per ESPN. His senior year, he was named the Gatorade New York Basketball Player of the Year.
Mingo will join the Bears with three years of eligibility remaining.
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