Fort shot 44.8% from the field, 37.9% from three on 6.4 attempts per game, and 73% from the free-throw line. He added 4.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 turnovers in 24.6 minutes per contest and earned Third Team All-Southern Conference honors. 

The Florence, Miss., native scored four points on 1-for-8 shooting in 22 minutes in an 83-75 loss to MSU at Breslin Center last November. 

Fort, who turned 24 in March, is entering his sixth season of college basketball. He began his career at UT Martin before two standout junior college seasons, averaging 24 points per game at Howard College, where he earned NJCAA Second Team All-America honors in 2022-23. He transferred to Mississippi State the following year and appeared in 20 games with seven starts before joining Samford ahead of the 2024-25 season. 

Fort is Michigan State’s second transfer portal addition this offseason, joining former Florida Atlantic forward Kaleb Glenn. Together, they fill two significant holes for a team that is expected to lose seven scholarship players since its season ended in the Elite Eight. Guards Jase Richardson (NBA Draft) and Tre Holloman (NC State) have both departed, with Jaden Akins graduating and transfer Gehrig Normand expected to commit elsewhere. 

With Fort’s commitment, MSU addresses one of its primary offseason needs — a veteran scoring guard capable of spacing the floor and contributing right away. Fort brings experience, perimeter shooting and shot creation to a thin backcourt that currently returns redshirt freshman Jeremy Fears Jr. and freshman Kur Teng. 

MSU now has ten scholarship players on its projected 2025-26 roster, including forwards Jaxon Kohler, Carson Cooper and Coen Carr, redshirt freshman Jesse McCulloch and incoming freshmen Cam Ward and Jordan Scott.