Former LSU guard Jalyn Patterson headed to Texas Southern with Johnny Jones: report

HOUSTON, Texas -- Jalyn Patterson will end up playing four years for Johnny Jones after all.

CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported on Tuesday morning that Patterson, who sat out the 2017-18 season while earning his degree from LSU, is transferring to Texas Southern, which just hired Jones as its new head coach last week.

Patterson will have one season of eligibility remaining. He played his first three seasons of college ball at LSU with Jones before Jones was fired after the 2016-17 season.

The 6-foot-1, 176-pound Patterson averaged 5.8 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game in 2016-17 and also averaged 5.8 points over the course of his career at LSU.

Statistically, his best season came as a freshman in 2014-15 when he posted career highs in points per game (6.8), field goal percentage (40.8), three-point percentage (37.3) and free-throw percentage (84.2).

Patterson was one of two players to sit out last season while staying at the school - thus not counting against LSU's scholarship count. Elbert Robinson III transferred to Old Dominion in May.

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