The NC State coaches have been busy during this Recruiting Period, and they haven’t just been focusing on the near future. They obviously visited with 2016 NC State commit Dennis Smith Jr. and 2016 Power Forward target Bam Adebayo by helicopter, and also visited 2016 Center Udoka Azubuike. A lot of their attention has been turned to the 2017, 2018, and 2019 recruiting classes. It is important to get out there early and build a relationship with these young prospects. Don’t forget that NC State was the first school to offer Dennis Smith Jr. when he was a Sophomore. Being the first on the scene can play a big role in a players eventual college decision.
Here is a breakdown of some of the recruiting targets that the Wolfpack staff will be checking out in the near future.
2017 Nicholas Claxton
NC State, South Carolina, and Murray State are expected in tomorrow for 2017 Legacy Charter forward Nicholas Claxton
Claxton (6’10”) is a 3-star Power Forward prospect out of Legacy Charter (Greenville, South Carolina). He has flown under the radar up to this point, but has picked up offers from Temple, Southern California, and Murray St. this month. South Carolina, Texas, and Baylor are some of the other schools that have expressed interest in Claxton.
2018 Kris Monroe
Coach Moxley of NC State will be in to see 2018 Kris Monroe of St David High School on Friday. #MakePlayz
This summer 6’7″ Forward Kris Monroe reclassified to the 2018 class. He played for South Granville High School last season (Creedmoor, North Carolina) and averaged 22 points and 11 points for them last year. This year he has transferred to play at St. David’s School right in NC State’s backyard in Raleigh. Monroe picked up an offer from UNC Greensboro this summer.
3 Westlake High School (GA) Prospects
UConn, Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Alabama were at Westlake High today for Chuma Okeke, Jamie Lewis, and Daniel Lewis
Chuma Okeke (6’7″/205) is 4-star 2017 Small Forward who holds offers from Auburn, Clemson, Florida St., Georgia, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and others. He currently doesn’t hold a Wolfpack offer.
Daniel Lewis (6’4″/170) is a 3-star Shooting Guard who holds offers from Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, and Xavier.
Jamie Lewis (6’2″/180) is a Point Guard in the 2018 class. He currently ranks 47th in the Future150.
The Future150 ranks Moore as the #6 overall player in the 2019 recruiting class. The Shooting Guard out of Cox Mill High School (Concord, North Carolina) also has unofficial visits scheduled for Kentucky and Tennessee in the near future. Moore is receiving attention from some of the top basketball programs in the country. USAToday wrote an article back in January posing the question: “Is Wendell Moore the best 13-year old hooper since Andrew Wiggins?” Coach Gottfried won’t be the only ACC coach trying to keep his talent in state.
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4-Star 2025 Small Forward Jackson Keith (6’5″/175) was also in attendance.
Keith is a consensus 4-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the #53 overall player in the class. The Southern High (Durham, NC) standout is ranked as the #2 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 class by ESPN.
Keith holds offers from NC State, Wake Forest, Mississippi St., Illinois, SMU, Virginia Tech, LSU and others.
NC State (11-3) will host #7 UNC (11-3) tonight in PNC Arena, and they also will be hosting a couple of recruiting prospects.
4-Star 2025 Power Forward Sadiq White Jr. and 4-Star 2025 Point Guard Jordan Lowery both confirmed with me that they will be in attendance.
White, who plays for Myers Park (Charlotte) is the consensus #1 player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class, and he’s 4 spots away from being a 5-star prospect according to ON3. Lowery plays for Winston-Salem Christian School, and is ranked as the #7 overall player in the state of North Carolina in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports.
White holds offers from NC State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, LSU, FSU, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Georgetown, Ohio State and others. Lowery holds offers from NC State, TCU, Virginia Tech, SMU, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. St. Louis and others.
2026 Point Guard Kobe Edwards also told me he will be in attendance.
4-Star 2025 Point Guard Kayden Mingo (6’1″/160) stated that NC State is one of the schools most frequently reaching out to him, along with Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Cal and Old Dominion.
2025 4⭐️ Kayden Mingo continued his stockrising season tonight as #2 Long Island Lutheran (NY) took down #11 La Lumiere (IN).
Mingo finished with 20PTS, 7ASTS and 5REBS in the 82-65 win. He’s LuHi’s leading scorer on the season.
Despite the Wolfpack’s interest in Mingo, they haven’t offered him yet. Mingo currently holds offers from Cal, Penn State, Saint Louis, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Rivals and ESPN both rank Mingo as a 4-Star prospect, with Rivals ranking him as the #70 overall player nationally in the 2025 recruiting class.
Mingo plays for Long Island Lutheran in New York, which is one of the top teams in the country. He is currently the Nike EYBL Scholastic’s leading scorer (20ppg).
NC State 2024 signee Paul McNeil Jr. showcased his talent at the 2023 John Wall Holiday Invitational at the end of the year. Below are highlights from his first two games.
In Richmond’s 77-62 win over Jordan in their first game of the invitational, McNeil had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.
In Game 2, McNeil had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 53-56 loss to Northwood.
In Game 3, McNeil had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in Richmond’s 68-84 loss to Cannon. I couldn’t find any highlights from this particular game.
Through 11 games this season, McNeil is averaging 29.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game. He is shooting 52% from the field and 35% from three.
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