North Carolina is in pursuit of Kentucky transfer Sacha Killeya-Jones.

The 6-10, 221-pound forward -- who considers Chapel Hill, N.C. his hometown — received a full release from Kentucky to transfer on Monday, stating "After much deliberation with my family, I have decided that it is in my best interest to ask for my release and explore other opportunities at this time."

His mother confirmed to Inside Carolina on Friday that the Tar Heel staff is recruiting him once again, this time as a potential transfer.

"It's going to be a much more truncated process this time," Ley Killeya-Jones said Friday. "It's not going to be long and drawn out like it was before. He has a much better idea of what's important and what he's looking for."

After receiving interest from more than 30 programs, ten schools are under consideration, his AAU program - Team Felton - announced on Friday night: Arizona State, Clemson, Georgetown, Nevada, N.C. State, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Texas, UNC, and Wake Forest.

Killeya-Jones appeared in 34 games as a sophomore at Kentucky during the 2017-18 season, averaging 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game. His best game of the season was probably posting eight points, nine rebounds and three blocks against Kansas in the Champions Classic back in November.

As a transfer, Killeya-Jones will need to sit out the 2018-19 season and then will be eligible to play in 2019-20.

He was a McDonald’s All-American out of Lynchburg (Va.) Episcopal, ranked No. 23 in the Class of 2016 by the 247 Sports Composite.

North Carolina first saw Killeya-Jones during the summer of 2013 and began to specifically evaluate him the following spring. He took his first visit as a recruit to UNC for ‘Late Night with Roy’ in October of 2014, but his recruitment came to a sudden end on New Year’s Day 2015 when he committed to Virginia.

Yet after six months on the Cavs' commitment board, he opened up his recruitment and UNC promptly reached out. Killeya-Jones, in turn, made several trips to the Smith Center in the following week to play pickup with the team, ultimately receiving a scholarship from Roy Williams during a meeting on June 14, 2015.

Many other new offers came in, though two schools stood out for Killeya-Jones: Kentucky and UNC. And he freely admitted that he could not choose UNC so long as the outcome of the NCAA investigation was unresolved. Two months later, on Aug. 26, 2015, he committed to Kentucky.