Top 2026 Shooting Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2274016' first='Waymon' last='West']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Late January, we updated the 2026 player rankings. In this feature the focus is shooting guards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/position-ranking-table {"name":"acf/position-ranking-table","data":{"class":"2026","_class":"field_65cfb7374abb9","position":"77248","_position":"field_65cfbfcb19ad6","national_rankings":"0","_national_rankings":"field_660c1d73c0e49","state":"24753","_state":"field_65cfb88a603fe"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67946bf5c0aa9"} /--> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Murfreesboro Men</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Basketball hotbed Murfreesboro features a number of strong '26 shooting guards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2101872' first='Yeshiyah' last='Cobb']</strong> (Oakland) lit up Riverdale Friday night, though his Oakland Patriots lost late. Cobb is a bully with the basketball, both strong and graceful. Cobb gets a lot of looks at the basket on this squad. The guy likes to get downhill and attacks with courage. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274016' first='Waymon' last='West']</strong> (Riverdale) looks the part of a slashing/scoring wing. Elegant in gait, Waymon handles quite well in the halfcourt. Riverdale does not rely on him to beat pressure in the backcourt as they have shorter teammates. But he is adept with the dribble and scoring off of it with his left-hand. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2308938' first='Steven' last='Sherman']</strong> (Siegel) gets buckets in a variety of ways. Slender two-guard.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Williamson County Talent</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South of Nashville rests an affluent area named Williamson County. In the last five years the talent and coaching surged in the county. Just last year Independence High, representing "WillCo" won the 4A State Championship. Check out ranked shooting guards from Williamson County.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2283590' first='Carter' last='Ezell'] - Centennial<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2306628' first='Kael' last='Barney'] - Nolensville<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2338577' first='Ryland' last='McKelvy'] - Centennial<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2249601' first='Lawson' last='Gillespie'] - Battle Ground Academy<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2636457' first='Kyson' last='Barney'] - Nolensville<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2754643' first='Turner' last='Clayton'] </strong>(Walker Valley) displayed some deft outside shooting against rival Cleveland Monday night, January 27th. Clayton looks to be a college combo guard, but his Mustangs have a steady ball-handler as the primary. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->