4-Star 2024 Small Forward Jahki Howard (6’7″/180) took an Unofficial Visit to NC State yesterday alongside 4-Star Shooting Guard Paul McNeil, who verbally committed to run with the Wolfpack yesterday.
Howard is ranked as the #51 overall player nationally in the 2024 class by Rivals, and the #4 player in the state of Georgia according to ESPN. Howard plays for Overtime Elite in Atlanta, where 2023 NC State signee Trey Parker plays.
He also holds offers from Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Providence, Auburn, Rutgers, Illinois, Texas A&M, Mississippi St, Wake Forest, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Arizona St, Kansas, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, and others.
As far as I can tell, Howard doesn’t hold an offer from NC State at this point.
Stop wasting time on this guy. Are we that desperate to recruit someone for one year with no real scoring skills?
All kidding aside, the front court would get pretty crowded with Obekpa, Freeman, Anya, Abu and Adebayo (potentially). I would expect his extraordinary blocks/game number to take a hit simply because he is most likely not a starter if we have all these guys next year. I’m guessing the coaches are mainly interested in this guy because he is elite at the one skill that Anya also provides, only Anya appears to not be on the same page as the coaches per Coach Gott’s comments Tuesday. He would essentially be a replacement for Anya if comes here and Anya continues… Read more »
Interesting prospect. Lineups with both Obekpa and Anya would wreak havoc on anybody entering the lane. The biggest question mark imho has to be do we have shorts short enough for this guy? I see UnderArmour furnished him a pair reminiscent of the kind State wore in their glory days, will Adidas be able to assuage his obvious affinity for 70s-80s era college bball stylings?