2020 Recruitment Update: Current Offers and Predicting This Summer
Postseason play is in full bloom as district champions will be crowned again tonight and regional draws will take place tomorrow. We aren’t too far away from the biggest period of recruitment for Juniors as they enter their 17u AAU seasons. Here’s a look at who has offers right now in the 2020 Class.
Juniors with D1 Offers:
- North Oldham’s Justin Powell – Tennessee, Auburn, Cincinnati, Georgia, Xavier, Virginia Tech and Vanderbilt have all offered Powell. He is considered a Top 100 recruit nationally and will play AAU with Indy Heat of the EYBL this year.
- McCracken County’s Jackson Sivills – The 6’6 wing has offers from St. Louis, Murray State, Kent State, UT Martin, Samford, Rice, Northern Kentucky, Liberty and Lipscomb. Sivills will play again with Hoop Dreams.
- Collins’ Dayvion McKnight – The 6’1 point guard holds offers from Winthrop, Cleveland State, Kent State and Western Kentucky. McKnight also holds an offer from D2 Kentucky State. He will return to play with M.A.T.T.S. Mustangs this AAU season.
- Madisonville-North Hopkins Kenny White – The 6’7 wing holds 3 D1 offers from Evansville, Kent State and Tennessee-Martin.
- Collins’ Marcellus Vail – The 6’3 shooting guard has an offer from Kent State and a D2 offer from D2 Kentucky State. He will be with M.A.T.T.S. Mustangs again this spring and summer for AAU.
- Madisonville-North Hopkins’ Ksuan Casey – The center holds an offer from Evansville. He is returning to play with Hoop Dreams again this season.
Juniors with NAIA Offers:
- Bardstown’s JJ Traynor – The athletic forward has held an offer from Georgetown College for over a year now.
- Garrard County’s Brayden Sebastian – The 6’4 shooter was offered by Campbellsville this season after one of his huge scoring games.
Predictions:
- I think as many as 6 or 7 Juniors who don’t have D1 offers right now could hold at least one by the end of summer AAU. While there isn’t great size in the class, there are several skilled players who can play the 1-3 spots that could see their stock take off in their 17u year.
- This class has great depth. There are several kids who could be impact players at the D2 and NAIA levels when they get to college.
- Kentucky players will combine for a lot of offers this summer. The 2020 class has been maligned as being weak for several years but there is some really quality depth in the class as a whole.