Well, it looks like #ListSZN has come to a close, or at least slowed down significantly. Now, it’s briefly time to pivot our attention back to football, where we’ll get a small wave of commitments from seniors who want to start their senior season without any of the pressure of recruiting; IE players who want to have committed to a school and play their last season of high school ball without any external voices in their heads and mailboxes. Basketball doesn’t start until winter, obviously, so we don’t have the same situation there. Anyways, let’s recap:
Football:
- Two of the best players in the Carolinas are set to announce their decisions today, and both are perceived to be down to the two states’ flagship public schools. Safety Ja’Qurious Conley from Jacksonville, North Carolina will announce his decision at 12:00 PM and defensive lineman Tonka Hemingway from Conway, SC will follow that with his own commitment at 3:30. Each seems to be leaning towards staying in his own state; Conley has been quiet but visited UNC last and Hemingway has been involved with South Carolina a lot longer with about the same amount of recent attention to both. We’ll let you know in more detail if either or both commit(s) to the good guys.
- There may literally be nothing else to report. Desmond Evans has a tweet saying “Top 5 coming soon” pinned to his timeline from a week ago, but he hasn’t dropped it yet. UNC will be on it, but we knew that already.
UNC Football 2020 Commitments
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
Positional Rank |
School |
Location |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
Positional Rank |
School |
Location |
Myles Murphy |
DE |
6'4 |
280 |
4-star |
5 |
Dudley |
Greensboro, NC |
Jacolby Criswell |
QB |
6'1 |
218 |
4-Star |
9 |
Morrilton |
Morrilton, AR |
Ethan West |
ILB |
6'4 |
225 |
4-Star |
14 |
Cosby |
Midlothian, VA |
Kedrick Bingley-Jones |
DT |
6'5 |
266 |
4-Star |
16 |
Providence Day |
Charlotte, NC |
Cameron Roseman-Sinclair |
DB |
6'0 |
183 |
4-Star |
21 |
Myers Park |
Charlotte, NC |
Josh Downs |
WR |
5'10 |
165 |
4-Star |
41 |
North Gwinnett |
Suwanee, GA |
John Copenhaver |
TE |
6'3 |
210 |
3-Star |
11 |
Roswell |
Roswell, GA |
Kendall Karr |
TE |
6'4 |
230 |
3-Star |
22 |
Stuart W. Cramer |
Cramerton, NC |
Clyde Pinder Jr |
DT |
6'0 |
303 |
3-Star |
38 |
Armwood |
Seffner, FL |
D.J. Jones |
RB |
5'11 |
190 |
3-Star |
40 |
Pine Forest |
Fayetteville, NC |
Trey Zimmerman |
OT |
6'6 |
294 |
3-Star |
41 |
Roswell |
Roswell, GA |
A.J. Beatty |
DE |
6'5 |
250 |
3-Star |
41 |
Central Catholic |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Elijah Green |
RB |
5'10 |
190 |
3-Star |
53 |
Blessed Trinity Catholic |
Roswell, GA |
Malik McGowan |
OG |
6'4 |
315 |
3-Star |
62 |
Charlotte Catholic |
Charlotte, NC |
Ray Grier |
WR |
6'1 |
204 |
3-Star |
63 |
South Point |
Belmont, NC |
LaMareon James |
CB |
5'10 |
170 |
3-Star |
69 |
Indian River |
Chesapeake, VA |
Kaimon Rucker |
DE |
6'1 |
243 |
3-Star |
80 |
Hart County |
Hartwell, GA |
Cedrick Gray |
OLB |
6'2 |
190 |
3-Star |
86 |
Ardrey Kell |
Charlotte, NC |
Jefferson Boaz |
ATH |
6'8 |
230 |
3-Star |
89 |
East Surry |
Pilot Mountain, NC |
Elijah Burris |
RB |
5'10 |
210 |
3-Star |
92 |
Mountain Island Charter |
Mount Holly, NC |
Tylee Craft |
WR |
6'4 |
170 |
3-Star |
131 |
Sumter |
Sumter, SC |
Jayden Chalmers |
CB |
5'11 |
160 |
3-Star |
150 |
Lee County |
Sanford, NC |
Basketball
- With Ziaire Williams publishing his Top 7, I think that makes most of UNC’s targets having cut down their recruiting lists in the past couple of weeks. By my count, out of 14 uncommitted offered players, 9 have made cut-down lists in the month of August (or the last few days of July). Of the five remaining, Jaden Springer dropped a top 5 and Walker Kessler announced a top 6 in mid-July, and Dawson Garcia, Bryce Thompson, and R.J. Davis have had really good summers to the point where they’re playing catch-up with the slew of new, attractive offers they’ve gotten.
- Speaking of Walker Kessler, he becomes the first recruit of those 14 to schedule a senior year visit to UNC, announcing four official visits at once to Michigan, Duke, UNC, and Gonzaga in that order. His visit to UNC will be during the weekend of September 20th, when the football team will host App State.
UNC Basketball 2020 Offers
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Visit? |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Visit? |
Cade Cunningham |
PG |
6'6 |
215 |
5-Star |
3 |
Montverde Academy |
Arlington, TX (hometown) |
|
Greg Brown III |
PF |
6'9 |
195 |
5-Star |
6 |
Vandegrift |
Austin, TX |
|
Ziaire Williams |
SF |
6'7 |
175 |
5-Star |
8 |
Notre Dame |
Sherman Oaks, CA |
|
Jaden Springer |
SG |
6'4 |
195 |
5-Star |
10 |
IMG Academy |
Charlotte, NC (hometown) |
|
Isaiah Todd |
PF |
6'10 |
195 |
5-Star |
14 |
Trinity Academy |
Raleigh, NC |
|
Walker Kessler |
C |
6'10 |
225 |
5-Star |
15 |
Woodward Academy |
Atlanta, GA |
9/20 |
Caleb Love |
PG |
6'3 |
170 |
4-Star |
25 |
Christian Brothers College |
St Louis, MO |
|
Bryce Thompson |
SG |
6'5 |
175 |
4-Star |
26 |
Booker T. Washington |
Tulsa, OK |
|
DJ Steward |
PG/SG |
6'3 |
165 |
4-star |
27 |
Whitney Young HS |
Chicago, IL |
|
Dawson Garcia |
PF |
6'11 |
220 |
4-Star |
29 |
Prior Lake |
Prior Lake, MN |
|
Earl Timberlake |
SF |
6'6 |
215 |
4-Star |
28 |
DeMatha Catholic |
Hyattsville, MD |
|
Hunter Dickinson |
C |
7'2 |
255 |
4-Star |
30 |
DeMatha Catholic |
Hyattsville, MD |
|
Puff Johnson |
SF |
6'7 |
185 |
4-Star |
51 |
Moon Area HS |
Coraopolis, PA |
|
R.J. Davis |
PG |
6'0 |
155 |
4-star |
85 |
Archibishop Stepinac |
White Plains, NY |
|
UNC Basketball 2020 Commitments
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Day'Ron Sharpe |
C |
6'10 |
246 |
5-Star |
22 |
South Central |
Winterville, NC |