Jamie Lewis won’t be coming back from this leave — at least, not to Wake Forest.

The team announced Thursday afternoon that Lewis, a freshman guard who was placed on leave from the Deacons last week, won’t return to the school and will transfer. Lewis played in eight games for the Deacons, scoring three points in 35 minutes.

Lewis becomes the eighth player to leave Wake Forest in the calendar year, the seventh who’s done so voluntarily. Bryant Crawford and Doral Moore chose to pursue professional opportunities instead of playing their senior seasons, with Crawford winding up in Israel and Moore in the NBA’s G League. Keyshawn Woods left for Ohio State as a graduate transfer. Donovan Mitchell and Richard Washington transferred after last season, while Timmel "Melo" Eggleston transferred a few weeks before this season began. Sam Japhet-Mathias, the first domino to fall, was kicked off the team in February and transferred.

Lewis was the third-best player of the Deacons’ five-player signing class, according to 247sports rankings. He was a three-star recruit out of Atlanta, though he transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., for his senior season. Lewis, who was the 276th-ranked recruit in the country, never played for Findlay because of an injury.