Tennessee: A full week of recruiting
Each prospect in the state of Tennessee needed just one coach to pay attention. Well, the first full week of July was the perfect opportunity for prospects to garner interest or pick up an offer from college programs. Here are…
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Continue ReadingEach prospect in the state of Tennessee needed just one coach to pay attention. Well, the first full week of July was the perfect opportunity for prospects to garner interest or pick up an offer from college programs.
Here are prospects from across the state that had some success hearing from coaches:
2024
Sam Medalie, 1 of 1 Elite 2024: The rising senior has heard from Navy, Western Kentucky, Davidson, and Lee University.
Murray Norman, TNBC Elite : Norman has heard from Rhodes College, Tennessee State, Union, and North Central University.
Ashton Hudson, Hoop City 17U: Hudson has heard from Lee University.
Emerson Tenner Jr., Hoop City 17U: Tenner picked up an offer from Drake.
Christian Alston, Hoop City 17U: Alston picked up an offer from Murray State. The 6-5 wing has also heard from Central Michigan, Drake, UT Martin, Creighton, Middle Tennessee State, South Dakota State, Jacksonville State, UT Chattanooga, and Loyola Marymount.
Nazir Allen: Allen has heard from Austin Peay, Jackson State University, Columbia State, Southwest CC, Tougaloo, UT Martin, Presbyterian College, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Marquis Tunstall: Tunstall has heard from Alcorn State, Tougaloo, and Dyersburg State.
2025
King Keary, Georgia Stars 16U: Keary has heard from Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Belmont, Army, Lipscomb and Austin Peay.
Tyler Jones, Team Thad 16U: Jones has heard from Union, Furman, Radford, UT Martin, Memphis, California, and South Carolina.
2026
Cello Jackson, Pro Skills 15U: Jackson has heard from Florida Gulf Coast, UNLV, Ohio State, and Missouri.
MJ Hayes, Pro Skills 15U: The 6-foot-4 shooting guard has heard from FGCU, UNLV, and Missouri.
Keeper Jackson, Christian Brothers: Jackson has heard from Belmont and UT Martin.
BJ Brown, Christian Brothers: Brown has heard from Lipscomb, Lee University, and UT Martin.
Commitment day
Marcus Gray, P7 Elite 17U: Gray committed to Grand Valley State University on Sunday. I talked to the rising senior via Twitter about his commitment. Gray had great things to say about his pledge to the program.
“Really, it was the perfect fit for me and my play style,” Gray said. “The program welcomed me with open arms and they have many resources as well. The main reason why is because of the head coach Cornell Mann. Coach Corn was the head assistant at Missouri and Iowa State. He has developed 10-plus NBA players and dozens of overseas players. He made me feel welcome to Grand Valley State.”
Gray is also expected to play at both guard spots once his high school basketball career is over. He has shown his ability to make shots from the perimeter, take his defender off the dribble, push the basketball in transition, and make the right reads. Gray doesn’t do anything spectacular. He just plays the game the right way.