Best 50 Available Prospects
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The Best 50 Available Prospects is a continuation of the Best Available series. Two of the Top 25 verbally committed within the last 20 days, so technically this is the Top 48 as everyone moved up 2 spots.
Read the Top 25 Available here.
Overall 2026 rankings.
#26
Ryder Malm
Ryder
Malm
6'9" | PF
Tennessee Collegiate Academy | 2026
TN
#27
Kaden Matthews
Kaden
Matthews
6'7" | SF
Smyrna | 2026
State
TN
#28
Eli Williams
Eli
Williams
6'5" | SG
Heritage | 2026
TN
#29
Devin Fish
Devin
Fish
6'3" | PG/SG
Warren County | 2026
State
TN
#30
Jayden Barton
Jayden
Barton
6'3" | SG/PG
Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2026
State
TN
#31
Carey McClain Jr.
Carey
McClain Jr.
6'1" | SG
Kirby | 2026
State
TN
#32
D’Nharayane Vital
D’Nharayane
Vital
6'10" | C/PF
Tennessee Collegiate Academy | 2026
State
TN
#33
Tyshaun Dewayne Poore
Tyshaun
Dewayne Poore
6'0" | PG
Cane Ridge | 2026
State
TN
#34
Trey Benson
Trey
Benson
5'10" | PG
Memphis Business Academy | 2026
State
TN
#35
Jibriel Koko
Jibriel
Koko
6'2" | PG
Alcoa | 2026
State
TN
#36
Adam Barrouk
Adam
Barrouk
6'8" | SF
Hamilton Heights Christian Academy | 2026
State
TN
#37
Austin Tinnon
Austin
Tinnon
6'10" | C
Tullahoma | 2026
State
TN
#38
Isaiah Grant
Isaiah
Grant
6'6" | PF
Whitehaven | 2026
State
TN
#39
Keeper Jackson
Keeper
Jackson
6'7" | SF
Tennessee Collegiate Academy | 2026
State
TN
#40
Ja’Michael Mitchell
Ja’Michael
Mitchell
6'0" | PG
Whitehaven | 2026
State
TN
#41
Jaiden Pugh
Jaiden
Pugh
6'3" | SG
Hillsboro | 2026
State
TN
#42
Rylan Woods
Rylan
Woods
6'4" | SF
Tellico Plains | 2026
State
TN
#43
Tae’Shawn Shelton
Tae’Shawn
Shelton
6'6" | PF
Shelbyville Central | 2026
State
TN
#44
Louis Taylor
Louis
Taylor
6'4" | SF
White House | 2026
State
TN
#45
Rashad Maclin
Rashad
Maclin
6'3" | SF
Bolton | 2026
State
TN
#46
Charlie Taubenheim
Charlie
Taubenheim
6'6" | SF/SG
Oak Ridge | 2026
State
TN
#47
Ethan Gatewood
Ethan
Gatewood
6'8" | PF
Bartlett | 2026
State
TN
#48
Eli Owensby
Eli
Owensby
6'3" | SG
Maryville | 2026
State
TN
#49
Elliyon Kinzer
Elliyon
Kinzer
6'4" | SG
Smyrna | 2026
State
TN
#50
Monterrio Cox
Monterrio
Cox
5'10" | PG
Southwind | 2026
State
TN
Warren County duo
Devin Fish
Devin
Fish
6'3" | PG/SG
Warren County | 2026
State
TN
and
Keyton Reno
Keyton
Reno
6'4" | SF
Warren County | 2026
TN
just added Motlow State Community College offers. Devin maintains offers from Motlow State, Tennessee Wesleyan, Covenant (GA), Maryville (TN), LaGrange (GA).
Devin was gracious enough to talk at length Wednesday night about this recruitments.
"My top one's are definitely Tennessee Wesleyan and LaGrange," said
Devin Fish
Devin
Fish
6'3" | PG/SG
Warren County | 2026
State
TN
via phone call. "I kind of like Motlow or Vol State right now. I want to go somewhere where I fit for four years. That is the thing that D3 gives me. JuCo gives the opportunity to make a name for myself and maybe get a bump to like D2, or something. A lot of guys are not getting the high offers, so they are going to junior college first."
Asked if he likes the idea of a school that offers both he and teammate
Keyton Reno
Keyton
Reno
6'4" | SF
Warren County | 2026
TN
, Fish responded, "Yeah, if we both like the school, then that would be fun and it would already be a plus since we have played together for like four or five years. If we both like the school, that would be good."
Vol State, Motlow State, and Tennessee Wesleyan all evaluated both Keyton and
Devin Fish
Devin
Fish
6'3" | PG/SG
Warren County | 2026
State
TN
in-person this season. That means a lot to him as those coaches are in the middle of their own seasons. He realizes that.
Reciprocally, Devin enjoys taking in a college basketball game on his down nights.
"I have been to all of those (above)," said Fish of his attendances.0" I have been to Tennessee Wesleyan. LaGrange. I went to Motlow and Vol State. It is good to see what it looks like at each level. "
Both of Devin's parents played college sports, his mom softball and his father baseball. They both competed for Tennessee Wesleyan University. TWU plays basketball at the NAIA-level. Their team was named to the NAIA Scholar Team for maintaining a 3.0 (or higher) grade point average for the 2024-2025 academic year.
TWU saw all 21 NAIA intercollegiate athletics offerings be named an NAIA Scholar Team, the first time in school history that all the programs at the university had earned the honor in the same academic year. - TWU Official Release
The ultimate decision is probably at least a month away still.
"I am still probably going to wait until the end of season, at least just in case something else does come up."
Austin Tinnon
Austin
Tinnon
6'10" | C
Tullahoma | 2026
State
TN
(Tullahoma) earned an offer early January from Motlow State Community College.
Isaiah Grant Isaiah Grant 6'6" | PF Whitehaven | 2026 State TN is 6-foot-6 and fancies himself a three-level scorer. He holds recent offers from Northwestern Mississippi Community College, Calhoun Community College, Ranger College, Arkansas State-Mid-South, and others. Angelina is the latest.
Two-time State Champion
Jibriel Koko
Jibriel
Koko
6'2" | PG
Alcoa | 2026
State
TN
(Alcoa) holds offers from Pellissippi State Community College and Maryville College (TN).
"I just recently got the Maryville College [offer] a week and a half ago," shared Koko via phone call Wednesday night. Koko enjoys his recruiting relationship with the Pellissippi State head coach. "Because he is an Alcoa alumni, as well. So, we just clicked straight off.
Tellico Plains wing
Rylan Woods
Rylan
Woods
6'4" | SF
Tellico Plains | 2026
State
TN
hopped into the PrepHoopsTN rankings a little over a year ago. A couple of colleges recognized his brilliance in the last few months.
He hears from both "Bryan College and maybe Johnson University." Also Woods [went] to go watch a Bryan game and talk to the coaches."
All three of Rylan's aunts and his mom "actually played at Bryan!"
The connection to the school is obvious, but it was not like
Rylan Woods
Rylan
Woods
6'4" | SF
Tellico Plains | 2026
State
TN
grew up donning Bryan College shirts and sweaters.
What does Byran like about his game?
"They like how I can be agile," said
Rylan Woods
Rylan
Woods
6'4" | SF
Tellico Plains | 2026
State
TN
. "I can go play as a guard or post up and stuff like that."