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.
PackJunky Wolfer96 I hope you’re right because he is a talent. But his talk about playing FB and playing on the same team as his buddies has me concerned.
Wolfer96 We are his leader… no question. Duke’s top PG priority is Frank Jackson and they are probably his leader. If/when he chooses Duke, DSJ is no longer an option for Duke. They 2 top PGs cannot coexiist on the same team. We lead for DSJ, all the top reliable sources say that. He is just trying to maintain some objectivity and open mindedness in this process.
I’ve only seen this kid play in 1 game but you could see immediately that he was good. Having said that, if I’m reading his comments right it seems he already has 1 foot in the door at duke since his buddy already joined. May be time State moved on to the next guy on the recruitment list.
Going for top 10 guys is always a gamble and in the process we could lose out on that top 60 guy that would have developed into a great player over a 4 season career.