It’s a rare week when basically everything I’m here to recap has been covered on this very website. I guess that’s what May does to us, huh? Hopefully, I can still give you some new information. Here we go:
Football:
- People who follow UNC recruiting across the webosphere raised their collective eyebrows when Clint Brewster logged a Crystal Ball prediction to UNC for 5-star defensive end Desmond Lawrence. We’ve talked about UNC as a perceived leader for Sanford’s Evans before, but this pick both has some family connections and puts a potential timetable to Evans’ decision. The best guys don’t usually commit until they have to, but an early Evans commit could do a ton for this class going forward and for the UNC program.
- Another defensive end, 3-star AJ Beatty from Pittsburgh, has scheduled an official visit to Chapel Hill the weekend of June 7th. He recently dropped a top 7 that consists of the Heels, UCF, NC State, Maryland, Purdue, West Virginia, and South Carolina.
- Jo’Quavious Marks, the four-star running back from Atlanta who was supposed to visit this past weekend, couldn’t make the visit and then committed to Mississippi State. Bummer.
UNC Football 2020 Commitments
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
Positional Rank |
School |
Location |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
Positional Rank |
School |
Location |
Malik Hornsby |
dtQB |
6'2 |
175 |
4-Star |
5 |
Fort Bend Marshall |
Missouri City, TX |
Jacolby Criswell |
dtQB |
6'1 |
218 |
4-Star |
10 |
Morrilton |
Morrilton, AR |
Ethan West |
ILB |
6'4 |
225 |
4-Star |
11 |
Cosby |
Midlothian, VA |
Cameron Roseman-Sinclair |
DB |
6'0 |
183 |
4-Star |
18 |
Myers Park |
Charlotte, NC |
Josh Downs |
WR |
5'10 |
165 |
4-Star |
41 |
North Gwinnett |
Suwanee, GA |
Ray Grier |
WR |
6'1 |
204 |
4-Star |
66 |
South Point |
Belmont, NC |
John Copenhaver |
TE |
6'3 |
210 |
3-Star |
11 |
Roswell |
Roswell, GA |
Kendall Karr |
TE |
6'4 |
230 |
3-Star |
25 |
Stuart W. Cramer |
Cramerton, NC |
Trey Zimmerman |
OT |
6'6 |
294 |
3-Star |
38 |
Roswell |
Roswell, GA |
A.J. Beatty |
DE |
6'5 |
250 |
3-Star |
41 |
Central Catholic |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Malik McGowan |
OG |
6'4 |
315 |
3-Star |
52 |
Charlotte Catholic |
Charlotte, NC |
LaMareon James |
CB |
5'10 |
170 |
3-Star |
55 |
Indian River |
Chesapeake, VA |
Tylee Craft |
WR |
6'4 |
170 |
3-Star |
74 |
Sumter |
Sumter, SC |
Cedrick Gray |
OLB |
6'2 |
190 |
3-Star |
79 |
Ardrey Kell |
Charlotte, NC |
Elijah Burris |
RB |
5'10 |
210 |
3-Star |
93 |
Mountain Island Charter |
Mount Holly, NC |
UNC Football 2020 Commitments
Basketball
- All eyes in Tar Heel Nation are on Jalen Wilson, who has an official visit scheduled to UNC between June 3rd and 5th ahead of his decision on where he will spend his collegiate career. It’s worth noting that a return to Michigan is very much in play with their hiring of Juwan Howard as their new coach. This is certainly not an uninterested reaction:
We’ll see how this all plays out.
- Day’Ron Sharpe’s stock and status has done nothing but grow since he committed to UNC as the ~75th-ranked player in the country. The 2020 big has kept growing, getting leaner, stronger, more skilled, and bouncier, and now, according to Rivals’ Corey Evans, is probably going to get a 5th star from Rivals (putting him in the nation’s top 24) when they next update their rankings. He’s 27th right now. You can’t say Roy Williams doesn’t know talent when he sees it.
- Precious Achiuwa committed to Memphis, as expected. Hell of a class they’ve got.
UNC Basketball 2019 Offers
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Rank |
School |
Location |
Decision Day |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Rank |
School |
Location |
Decision Day |
Jalen Wilson |
SF |
6'8 |
215 |
4-Star |
50 |
Guyer |
Denton, TX |
|
UNC Basketball 2019 Commitments
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Rank |
School |
Location |
Status |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Rank |
School |
Location |
Status |
Cole Anthony |
CG |
6'3 |
184 |
5 Star |
4 |
Oak Hill Academy |
Mouth of Wilson, VA |
Signed |
Armando Bacot |
C |
6’10 |
240 |
5 Star |
20 |
IMG Academy |
Bradenton, FL |
Signed |
Anthony Harris |
CG |
6'3 |
180 |
4 Star |
65 |
Paul VI Catholic |
Fairfax, VA |
Signed |
Jeremiah Francis |
PG |
6’3 |
190 |
3 Star |
131 |
Pickerington Central |
Pickerington, OH |
Signed |
Justin Pierce |
SF |
6'7 |
203 |
Grad Transfer |
5 |
William and Mary |
|
Signed |
Christian Keeling |
SG |
6'4 |
175 |
Grad Transfer |
7 |
Charleston Southern |
|
Signed |
UNC Basketball 2020 Offers
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Rating |
National Ranking |
School |
Location |
Greg Brown III |
PF |
6'9 |
195 |
5-Star |
5 |
Vandegrift |
Austin, TX |
Cade Cunningham |
PG |
6'6 |
215 |
5-Star |
6 |
Montverde Academy |
Arlington, TX (hometown) |
Jaden Springer |
SG |
6'4 |
195 |
5-Star |
9 |
IMG Academy |
Charlotte, NC (hometown) |
Isaiah Todd |
PF |
6'10 |
195 |
5-Star |
12 |
Trinity Academy |
Raleigh, NC |
Walker Kessler |
C |
6'10 |
225 |
5-Star |
16 |
Woodward Academy |
Atlanta, GA |
Ziaire Williams |
SF |
6'7 |
175 |
5-Star |
18 |
Notre Dame |
Sherman Oaks, CA |
Caleb Love |
PG |
6'3 |
170 |
4-Star |
30 |
Christian Brothers College |
St Louis, MO |
Bryce Thompson |
SG |
6'5 |
175 |
4-Star |
38 |
Booker T. Washington |
Tulsa, OK |
Puff Johnson |
SF |
6'7 |
185 |
4-Star |
76 |
Moon Area HS |
Coraopolis, PA |
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 |
4-Star |
26 |
South Central |
Winterville, NC |