Top 2027 Shooting Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2291122' first='Dylan' last='Jones']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Early December, we updated the 2027 player rankings. In this feature, the second of the positional breakdown series, the focus is shooting guards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/position-ranking-table {"name":"acf/position-ranking-table","data":{"class":"2027","_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-675aa5acc735d"} /--> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cream of the Crop</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2291122' first='Dylan' last='Jones']</strong> (Bartlett) can score with anyone in the state. The swingman is adept with fading jumpers, three-pointers, slashing. You name it. He can do it. Jones is already a star scorer for Bartlett despite his youth. During the Tennessee Classic out east in Bristol, Tennessee, Jones scored in bunches from a variety of angles and ranges. His ceiling is tantalizingly high.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2495403' first='Nick' last='Steen']</strong> is revered as a top two-way player from the Knoxville area. Fulton needs him to quickly return to their customary dominance after losing three legends to graduation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2283267' first='Elijah' last='Lowe']</strong> (Fayette Ware) is a player to keep an eye on, as Lowe scores quite a bit for a veteran team. Lowe is nimble with some nice guard height.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2260983' first='Jamir' last='Dean']</strong> (Alcoa) is among the best 2027 athletes in the state. Explosive leaper. Hard-nosed, hard-driving slasher. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tall Guards</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1719620' first='Ryan' last='Wingard']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2291122' first='Dylan' last='Jones']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2281200' first='Jay' last='Kirk']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Elite Shooters</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2195884' first='Chase' last='Prince']<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2118369' first='Connor' last='Arrington']<br>Parker Grimmenstein<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1766781' first='Christian' last='Bright']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1766781' first='Christian' last='Bright']</strong> (Green Hill) was thrust into a large role with the Hawks as a sophomore, even more so as the team endured injuries. Green Hill won just 4 of their first 13 games and Bright was taxed with shooting challenged shots often as a primary weapon. His shooting range looks solid and the plan as his game continues to evolve is for that aspect to keep improving. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->