Indiana basketball has added Duke transfer shooting guard Darren Harris from the transfer portal.
The 6-foot-5 and 195-pound Harris is from Herndon, Va.
Harris played in 36 games for Duke as a sophomore in 2025-26, all off the bench. He scored 3.3 points per game and added .8 rebounds and .4 assists in 9.6 minutes. Harris shot 36.3% overall including 33.3% from three on 69 attempts. He shot 76.9% at the free throw line.
Harris has two years of eligibility remaining.
Harris has ties to IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson. He played travel basketball for Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit, a program Johnson has a long history with. He attended St. Paul VI H.S.
As a freshman in 2024-25, Harris scored 2.0 points per game in 6.0 minutes.
Harris has primarily been a 3-point shooter in college, with 68.9% of his attempts coming from beyond the arc. He shot just 22.7% as a freshman from long range before improving to 33.3% as a sophomore. His free throw percentage also improved from 50% to 76.9%, all on a relatively small sample size.
Harris was a 4-star prospect according to both 247Sports and ESPN out of high school, ranked No. 45 by ESPN and No. 56 by 247Sports. He was named the 2023-24 Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year after averaging 17.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
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