Position Rankings: 2022 Small Forwards
This has been one of the toughest years to get out and see players from a cancelled high school tournament to minimal AAU events. Regardless, we saw as much as we could and now are updating our prospect rankings. Today,…
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Continue ReadingThis has been one of the toughest years to get out and see players from a cancelled high school tournament to minimal AAU events. Regardless, we saw as much as we could and now are updating our prospect rankings. Today, we continue with a look at the 2022 class and our breakdown of the top small forwards in the class.
Pos # |
Prospect |
HT |
High School |
AAU |
1 |
D’Ante Davis D’Ante Davis 6'7" | SF Warren Central | 2022 State #132 Nation IN |
6’6 |
Warren Central |
Indy Heat EYBL 2022 |
2 |
Will Lovings-Watts Will Lovings-Watts 6'5" | SF Jeffersonville | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Jeffersonville |
Indiana Elite 2022 |
3 |
Rasheed Jones Rasheed Jones 6'6" | SF Arsenal Tech | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Elevation Prep |
Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2022 |
4 |
Andrew Leeper Andrew Leeper 6'6" | PF Homestead | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Homestead |
Indy Heat Red 2022 |
5 |
Billy Smith Billy Smith 6'7" | SF Brebeuf Jesuit | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Brebeuf Jesuit |
Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2022 |
6 |
Kaleo Kakalia Kaleo Kakalia 6'6" | PF Mishawaka Marian | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Mishawaka Marian |
Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2022 |
7 |
Richard Brooks Richard Brooks 6'3" | SF Mishawaka Marian | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Mishawaka Marian |
Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2022 |
8 |
Larry Pierce Larry Pierce 6'5" | SF University | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
University |
GPP 2022 UA Rise (RED) |
9 |
Hagen Knepp Hagen Knepp 6'4" | SF Barr-Reeve | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Barr-Reeve |
Hoopzone Elite 2021 |
10 |
Luke LaGrange Luke LaGrange 6'5" | SF Leo | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Blackhawk Christian |
MBA Select 2022 |
11 |
Chad Cox Chad Cox 6'4" | SF Franklin County | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Franklin County |
— |
12 |
Christian Nunn Christian Nunn 6'3" | SF L'anse Creuse North | 2022 State IN |
6’2 |
Liberty Christian |
EG10 2022 |
13 |
Baylin Graf Baylin Graf 6'4" | SF Bloomfield | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Bloomfield |
— |
14 |
Sam Jacobs Sam Jacobs 6'4" | SF Hamilton Southeastern | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Hamilton Southeastern |
GPP 2022 UA Rise (RED) |
15 |
Owen Shively Owen Shively 6'4" | SF Bishop Dwenger | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Bishop Dwenger |
Indy Heat Red 2022 |
16 |
Nick Mikash Nick Mikash 6'4" | SF Kankakee Valley | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Kankakee Valley |
Indiana Game Select 2022 |
17 |
Jaylen Lattimore Jaylen Lattimore 6'5" | PF Fort Wayne South | 2022 IN |
6’4 |
Fort Wayne South |
— |
18 |
Brendan Wood Brendan Wood 6'4" | SF Zionsville | 2022 IN |
6’4 |
Brebeuf Jesuit |
— |
19 |
Hayden Cutter Hayden Cutter 6'4" | PF Scottsburg | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Scottsburg |
Indiana Elite SIDE 2021 |
20 |
Clark Barrett Clark Barrett 6'5" | SF Lafayette Central Catholic | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
Lafayette Central Catholic |
Indiana Ice Gold 2022 |
21 |
Grant Ott-Large Grant Ott-Large 6'4" | SF LaPorte | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
LaPorte |
EG10 2022 |
22 |
Jaxon Edwards Jaxon Edwards 6'6" | SF Cathedral | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Cathedral |
Gym Rats Red 2022 |
23 |
Luke Carroll Luke Carroll 6'5" | SF Hamilton Heights | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Westfield |
All Indy Gym Rats 2022 |
24 |
Steele Brasfield Steele Brasfield 6'5" | SF New Palestine | 2022 State IN |
6’5 |
New Palestine |
D1 Indiana 2022 |
25 |
Ashton Johnson Ashton Johnson 6'2" | PG Fort Wayne South | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Fort Wayne South |
Team Focus 2022 Premier |
26 |
Grant Brown Grant Brown 6'4" | SF Snider | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Fort Wayne Snider |
IE Summit City 2022 |
27 |
Cole Harritt Cole Harritt 6'4" | SF Floyd Central | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Floyd Central |
— |
28 |
Matthew Ross Matthew Ross 6'4" | SF Peru | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Peru |
— |
29 |
Dominic Cardwell Dominic Cardwell 6'5" | SF Marion | 2022 IN |
6’4 |
Huntington North |
Gym Rats 2022 |
30 |
Dirin Birhiray Dirin Birhiray 6'5" | SF Brebeuf Jesuit | 2022 State IN |
6’2 |
Brebeuf Jesuit |
— |
31 |
Evan Kretz Evan Kretz 6'4" | SF Western | 2022 State IN |
6’4 |
Western |
GPP 2022 Black |
32 |
Andrew Gray Andrew Gray 6'5" | SF Avon | 2022 IN |
6’3 |
Avon |
— |
33 |
Caden Harker Caden Harker 6'1" | SF Twin Lakes | 2022 IN |
6’4 |
Twin Lakes |
Indiana Ice Gold 2022 |
34 |
Blake Jacobs Blake Jacobs 6'4" | PF Northridge | 2022 State IN |
6’3 |
Northridge |
MBA Select 2022 |
35 |
Tyler Vivian Tyler Vivian 6'4" | SF Shakamak | 2022 IN |
6’4 |
Shakamak |
— |
36 |
Corbin Renihan |
6’2 |
Lapel |
— |
Breakdown: The 2022 class of small forwards is a solid group, led at the top with D’Ante Davis D’Ante Davis 6'7" | SF Warren Central | 2022 State #132 Nation IN who has transferred to Warren Central (IN). He’s clearly the top guy but Will Loving-Watts and Rasheed Jones Rasheed Jones 6'6" | SF Arsenal Tech | 2022 State IN are coming back and should provide some really good competition. The group following those three is what seems to be defining the position at this stage with Andrew Leeper Andrew Leeper 6'6" | PF Homestead | 2022 State IN , Billy Smith Billy Smith 6'7" | SF Brebeuf Jesuit | 2022 State IN , Kaleo Kakalia Kaleo Kakalia 6'6" | PF Mishawaka Marian | 2022 State IN , Richard Brooks Richard Brooks 6'3" | SF Mishawaka Marian | 2022 State IN , and others having a chance to push this group forward as their development could take off pretty quickly. We didn’t add any new players into the top of this position but we did have guys like Jaxon Edwards Jaxon Edwards 6'6" | SF Cathedral | 2022 State IN , Luke Carroll Luke Carroll 6'5" | SF Hamilton Heights | 2022 State IN , and Dominic Cardwell Dominic Cardwell 6'5" | SF Marion | 2022 IN that joined the group. This isn’t the best position in the class but I think at the end, it could end up being the deepest group if things keep going this way.