Updated 2021 Rankings: FREE Overview

It has been a while since we have updated our prospect rankings, and while we apologize for that it has been an unprecedented and difficult time to do so as we missed out on a lot of the summer period that we use to evaluate a lot of talent. However, as is usual teams and players persevered and found ways to play, and we too found ways to evaluate whether it was in person or on film.

With the long delay, these rankings look much different than the last time we revised them. We’ve had kids leave early and go to college because of the pandemic, we’ve had kids leave the state because of it and we’ve had kids transfer within the state because of it.

There will be plenty of in depth content moving forward, but we’ll start with a look at a free overview of some of the broad topics we saw from this senior class.

*Note: We do not rank post grad kids unless they played on the team last year or would be eligible to play high school basketball this year.*

For the full list of the top 150 prospects in the state of Virginia, click here.

Changes in the Top 10

There will always be changes in our rankings, but this year the top 10 shakeups were different because so many kids left to go to school early or left the state. Gabe Wiznitzer Gabe Wiznitzer 7'0" | C Hargrave | 2021 VA left Hargrave early for Louisville and Jaden House Jaden House 6'4" | SG Middleburg | 2021 #246 Nation VA left Middleburg to enroll in High Point this season as well. Moving into the top 10 include Oak Hill guard Camryn Carter Camryn Carter 6'2" | CG Oak Hill Academy | 2021 State VA and Cape Henry big man Bryson Spell Bryson Spell 6'7" | PF Cape Henry | 2021 State VA , two of the top available players in the state. You can see the entire top 10 at the bottom of the article.

Commitments Heavy in Fall

With AAU being so wishy washy this summer because of the pandemic, it left a lot of kids out to dry this summer and robbed them of some great opportunities to play in front of coaches. However, people will always find a way to adapt to the times, and there were plenty of opportunities late in the summer and in the fall to play in events that were live streamed including the I-95 Classic, the PYBL Fall League, the CBG Fall Series and the Seen Circuit. Here’s a few guys who have committed this fall to division one schools.

Roosevelt Wheeler Roosevelt Wheeler 6'9" | C John Marshall | 2021 State #62 Nation VA | 6’10” C | John Marshall (#2 Overall) – Louisville

Darius Johnson Darius Johnson 6'0" | PG Episcopal | 2021 State #159 Nation VA | 6’0” PG | Episcopal (#5 Overall) – UCF

Mike Gray Mike Gray 6'0" | CG Blue Ridge | 2021 State VA | 6’1” PG | Blue Ridge (#8 Overall) – George Mason

Allen Strothers Allen Strothers 6'2" | PG Menchville | 2021 State VA | 6’2” PG | Menchville (#10 Overall) – ETSU

Jaylani Darden Jaylani Darden 6'3" | CG Norview | 2021 State VA | 6’3” CG | Norview (#19 Overall) – Longwood

Caleb Kenney Caleb Kenney 6'6" | PF Douglas Freeman | 2021 State VA | 6’6” PF | Douglas Freeman (#27 Overall) – Holy Cross

Mac MacDonald | 6’3” SG | Collegiate (#33 Overall) – Navy

Cam Cormany Cam Cormany 6'0" | SG Radford | 2021 State VA | 6’0” SG | Radford (#46 Overall) – Navy

Yusef Salih Yusef Salih 6'2" | CG Highland School | 2021 State VA | 6’2” CG | Highland School (#55 Overall) – Idaho

New Names all Over the Place

We extended our rankings from 125 kids to 150 kids for the 2021 class, and with the amount of transfers in and out of the state and all of the new evaluations we were able to do since the season ended we added over 40 kids to the rankings. Some are from different states, some are new names we learned about and some are guys we just flat out forgot (it happens every time). Stay tuned to the in depth breakdowns of the class as we will highlight all of the new names to the rankings over the next few weeks.

Positional Breakdown

PG: 30

CG: 18

SG: 34

SF: 16

PF: 34

C: 18

Top 10

1) Trevor Keels Trevor Keels 6'4" | SG Paul VI | 2021 State #18 Nation VA	6’4″ SG	Paul VI/Team Takeover	Undecided
2) Roosevelt Wheeler Roosevelt Wheeler 6'9" | C John Marshall | 2021 State #62 Nation VA	6’10″ C	John Marshall/Team Loaded	Louisville
3) Jalen Ricks Jalen Ricks 6'7" | SF Oak Hill Academy | 2021 State #149 Nation VA	6’6″ WF	Oak Hill Academy	Undecided
4) Angelo Brizzi Angelo Brizzi 6'3" | PG Highland School | 2021 State #216 Nation VA	6’3″ PG	Highland School/Team Curry	Villanova
5) Darius Johnson Darius Johnson 6'0" | PG Episcopal | 2021 State #159 Nation VA	6’0″ PG	Episcopal/Team CP25	UCF
6) Camryn Carter Camryn Carter 6'2" | CG Oak Hill Academy | 2021 State VA	6’2″ PG	Oak Hill Academy	Undecided
7) Bryson Spell Bryson Spell 6'7" | PF Cape Henry | 2021 State VA	6’8″ PF	Cape Henry/Boo Williams	Undecided
8) Clarence Rupert Clarence Rupert 6'7" | PF Miller School | 2021 State VA	6’7″ PF	Miller School/Team Loaded	Undecided
9) Mike Gray Mike Gray 6'0" | CG Blue Ridge | 2021 State VA	6’1″ PG	Blue Ridge/Team Loaded	George Mason
10) Allen Strothers Allen Strothers 6'2" | PG Menchville | 2021 State VA	6’2″ PG	Menchville/Boo Williams	ETSU