Mark was the second of three pledges for the Longhorns out of the portal on Sunday, joining forward Jayson Kent and guard Julian Larry.
A 6’6, 185-pounder, Mark was a consensus four-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting class out of Dickinson ranked as the No. 87 player nationally and the No. 18 point guard, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Mark signed with Houston over offers from Cal, Oklahoma, TCU, and Texas A&M, spending three seasons with the Cougars.
Mark showed flashes as a freshman, scoring 22 points in his collegiate debut against Lamar, matching that production against Our Lady of the Lake, then scoring 15 points in an NCAA Tournament win over Cleveland State. As a sophomore, Mark got off to a solid start, averaging 10.1 points per game over the first seven games before he was sidelined for the season with a shoulder injury. As a redshirt junior in 2022-23, Mark moved into the starting lineup for the first time, matching his previous average of 10.1 points per game while improving his three-point shooting to 32.8 percent and adding 4.9 rebounds per game. Against Auburn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Mark scored a then-career high of 26 points to help the Cougars advance to the Sweet 16.
After entering the transfer portal for the first time following that season, Mark landed at Arkansas, where he continued to emerge as a scorer, averaging 16.2 points by shooting a career-high 48.0 percent overall and a career-high 36.4 percent from three-point range, along with 4.3 rebounds per game.
In a non-conference matchup against North Carolina, Mark scored 34 points on 13-of-17 shooting, then surpassed that effort with 35 points in a one-point win over Texas A&M in January when he was 17-of-22 shooting from the free-throw line.
Averaging 1.8 assists per game with a 57-to-54 assist-to-turnover ratio, Mark is firmly in the mold of a scoring guard who avoided turnovers while finishing well at the rim at 75.8 percent and efficiently from the free-throw line at 80.4 percent. His 163 free-throw attempts were 63 more than Texas team leader Max Abmas attempted last season.
Mark led the Razorbacks in scoring, minutes, three-point percentage, and free-throw percentage, with volume caveats on the last two categories.