Markel Crawford is transferring from Memphis

The Memphis men's basketball team just lost another Memphis native.

Redshirt junior Markel Crawford announced on the Jason and John Show on 92.9 FM Monday afternoon that he plans to leave Memphis and pursue a graduate transfer opportunity elsewhere. Crawford, who was the Tigers' second-leading scorer this past season, is scheduled to graduate next month.

Crawford becomes the sixth player from last year's roster to leave since Smith's first season at Memphis ended last month. The Tigers will return just two of their top nine scorers from a year ago (point guard Jeremiah Martin and forward Jimario Rivers).

Memphis has subsequently gotten commitments over the past five days from junior college prospects Kareem Brewton and forward Kyvon Davenport, were ranked No. 22 and No. 19 in this year's jucorecruiting.com top 100. They will join a 2017 recruiting class that also includes three-star recruits Jamal Johnson, David Nickelberry and Victor Enoh.

Memphis basketball postseason timeline

• March 10: Memphis ends Coach Tubby Smith's first season with an 84-54 loss to Central Florida in the AAC tournament
• March 13: Graduate transfer Chad Rykhoek announces he won't return to Memphis next season and will seek a sixth year of eligibility elsewhere.
• March 19: Sophomore guard Craig Randall announces he is transferring to another school for next season.
• March 28: Tubby Smith holds end-of-season news conference in he stated, "We expect everybody to be back unless we hear something different."
• April 5: Brothers Dedric and K.J. Lawson announce they plan to transfer to another school.
• April 6: Junior college guard Kareem Brewton announces his commitment to Memphis while on campus visit.
• April 8: Freshman guard Keon Clergeot announces he won't return to Memphis next year.
• April 9: Junior college forward Kyvon Davenport commits to Memphis.
• April 10: Keelon Lawson announces Dedric and K.J. Lawson are headed to Kansas