Gabe Leeper Gabe Leeper 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN (#56 overall) landed a Columbia State offer three days after Christmas. Gabe is a fantastic passer, but early in his career he was the featured scorer on his…
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Gabe Leeper
Gabe
Leeper
6'1" | PG
Cleveland | 2023
State
TN
(#56 overall) landed a Columbia State offer three days after Christmas. Gabe is a fantastic passer, but early in his career he was the featured scorer on his high school team. A long time ago Leeper ran with Sweetwater High, and they needed him to put in the pill. Now, with
Jasen Brooks
Jasen
Brooks
6'1" | PG
Cleveland | 2023
State
TN
,
Alex Hyder
Alex
Hyder
6'3" | SG
Cleveland | 2023
State
TN
, and
Judah Sault
Judah
Sault
6'5" | SF
Cleveland | 2023
State
TN
, the Cleveland High team needs much less help to put the ball in the basket. They needed more guidance offensively and an expert decision-maker. Gabe adapted. He learned to lead a team, defend his position better. He kept the best parts of his game, the mid-range, the quickness, the willingness to go after a bucket when the team needs it.
Kollin Claridy
Kollin
Claridy
6'2" | PG
McCallie | 2023
State
TN
(PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine Co-MVP) was injured throughout most of the 2022 portion of this season. His recruitment reflects that absence. He is a LM D1 player without much D1 interest at the moment. That needs to change, but perhaps he will find a golden opportunity at the D2 level. Elite guards selected Lee University in the last few years, for an example.
Isaiah Divens
Isaiah
Divens
6'1" | PG
Blackman | 2023
State
TN
added a Columbia State offer during the Christmas weekend. He owns an unmatched first-step quickness, and wonderful offensive court awareness. Divens can excel at the JuCo level that Columbia State Community College is offering him for certain.
Tai Cates
Tai
Cates
5'11" | PG
South-Doyle | 2023
State
TN
(6th best PG), is the third best uncommitted in Tennessee. Like Claridy, Cates spent much of the early season injured. What can Cates do? He is now in his third year of double-figure scoring at the high school level. Remember, Cates surpassed 40 points in a single game back in his sophomore year for Alcoa High. Now at South Doyle, Tai can some magical things with his composure and outside shooting touch. Cates’ athleticism is perhaps not at the D1 level, but Fred VanVleet is in the NBA, so what does anybody know?
Bradin Minton
Bradin
Minton
6'2" | PG
Volunteer | 2023
State
TN
(Volunteer) is a guy with skills that is getting overlooked. Very thin, Minton is mentally tough and ultra-aware of his basketball surrundings. Minton showcases unrivaled chemistry with
Andrew Knittel
Andrew
Knittel
6'3" | SG
Volunteer | 2023
State
TN
and
Joltin Harrison
Joltin
Harrison
6'2" | SG
Volunteer | 2023
State
TN
. All three are capable of playing college basketball. Minton looks like an NAIA guy, perhaps D3.
Carson Badgett
Carson
Badgett
6'4" | PG
Knowledge Academies | 2023
State
TN
is a player that soared up the PrepHoopsTN rankings in the last month, deservedly so. The 6-foot-3 guard can really, really go. His athleticism was always nice, but his handle tightened up recently and it enabled/enables him to fully take advantage of his leaping ability. Badgett might just leapfrog several point guards ahead of him in our rankings because he is so tall for the position and athleticism generally trumps almost all else when recruiters commit their guesses to their head coach for formal recommendations.
