12/21/2023 basketball Edit

Vols walk-on guard Kaylan Makan no longer with the team

Tennessee guard Kaylan Makan (24) takes a shot during practice at Tennessee Basketball Media Day in the Food City Center, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Ryan Sylvia • VolReport

Assistant Managing Editor

Born in Knoxville, Tenn. and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Covering football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and recruiting for VolReport.

Tennessee walk-on guard Kaylan Makan is no longer with the team.

The Citadel transfer appeared in one game with the Vols and did not record a stat.

He was in his sophomore season.

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Kaylan is no longer part of the Tennessee basketball program. We appreciate him and wish him the best of luck moving forward.

— UT Athletics Spokesperson

At The Citadel, Makan appeared in two games for an average of 2.5 minutes. He grabbed one rebound in this time.

Makan was believed to be one of three NCAA Division 1 men's basketball players of Indian descent according to Karthik Venkataraman of WBIR in Knoxville.

His lone appearance with Tennessee came against Tennessee Tech in the season opener.

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