Rivals ranks Dainja as the #40 overall player nationally in the 2020 recruiting class and the #6 Power Forward. ESPN and 247Sports rank him as the #3 player in the state of Minnesota. 247Sports lists Dainja as a Center, and ranks him as the #7 at the position nationally.
Dainja also holds offers from Baylor, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Marquette, Minnesota, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, West Virginia, Louisville, Clemson, Ohio State, Georgetown, Arizona St., Nevada, Syracuse, Xavier and others.
He took an Official Visit to Ohio State on May 13th, 5 days after receiving an offer from the Buckeyes.
NC State 4-Star 2021 Shooting Guard verbal commit Terquavion Smith (6’3″180) has shot up the rankings this year, earning a 4th star, and becoming a Top-100 player. 247Sports ranks Smith as the #96 overall player nationally, and the #3 player in the state of North Carolina.
Check out his Junior Highlight Reel from PhenomHoopsReport.
Ever since his showing at the recent 2020 Phenom HoopState Championship, Ballard’s recruitment has exploded. Since April 4th, he has picked up offers from Florida State, NC State, Cincinnati, Syracuse, and Maryland.
Here’s what Ballard had to say about NC State to PhenomHoopsReport recently.
Ballard: “I definitely feel good and love what Coach Keatts’ plan is with the team and how they see me fitting in. We are talking with them daily.” (Link)
Ballard is originally from Syracuse, New York, but has played the last two seasons at Quality Education Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He plans to make his college decision this Saturday.
A Q thought – It doesn’t matter where or how you start but where and how you finish! Quincy Ballard 7ft 246 lbs of heart and steel! pic.twitter.com/iMv4occtmO
4-Star 2020 Small Forward JaDun Michael (6’5″/185) decommitted from Wichita State on March 30th, and NC State made his Top-8 last night, along with Elon, ECU, Penn State, Virginia, Cincinnati, Texas A&M, and Pitt.
NC State is familiar with Michael, being the first ACC school to offer him a scholarship back on September.
247Sports ranks Michael as the #104 overall player nationally in the 2020 recruiting class, and the #4 player in the state of North Carolina (The Burlington School/Burlington, NC). Michael is familiar with NC State 5-star 2020 signee Josh Hall, playing AAU ball with him on Team Loaded.
Michael’s reason for decommitting was his desire to stay closer to home, and NC State definitely meets that criteria.
As you can see above, Michael noted his desire to stay closer to home. According to Jake at Stockrisers.com, NC State was one of the many schools that reached out to Michael soon as the news broke, along with Pitt, UVA, Alabama, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
Yesterday, 2020 prospect JaDun Michael reopened his recruitment and heard from several programs he told @Stockrisers. Who reached out? Plus, Pittsburgh, Virginia and NC State are the newest programs involved. | Story: https://t.co/o8eRacbUZJpic.twitter.com/bViYB50Frw
NC State is familiar with Michael, being the first ACC school to offer him a scholarship back on September.
247Sports ranks Michael as the #104 overall player nationally in the 2020 recruiting class, and the #4 player in the state of North Carolina (The Burlington School/Burlington, NC). Michael is familiar with NC State 5-star 2020 signee Josh Hall, playing AAU ball with him on Team Loaded.
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