UNC Guard/Forward Transfer Dontrez Styles (6’6″/210) is expected to be visiting NC State soon. According to a source, he was expected to take an unofficial visit tomorrow, but it has been rescheduled to Monday.
Styles entered the Transfer Portal on March 17th.
Over the past two seasons, Styles has seen limited action for the Tar Heels, averaging 5.9 minutes in 45 total games (15 this season).
Styles is no stranger to NC State. He played high school for Kinston (Kinston, NC), and was offered by Kevin Keatts. Styles was a consensus 4-Star prospect coming out of High School. 247Sports ranked him as the #62 overall player nationally in the 2021 recruiting class, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.
ON3 ranks Styles as the #21 player currently in the Transfer Portal.
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Looking a little deeper into Styles, this is his recruiting analysis from 247. It also says he is a good student. Sounds like a strong defensive guy, but limited offensively, so far. Sounds like Gantt. “Styles is a versatile combo forward that plays with tremendous energy. Styles is quick off his feet, and an impressive all around athlete. At this stage, Styles is in between forward spots, although defensively he can guard both positions in college. He’s a tremendous rebounder that uses his athleticism well in the paint. He plays hard, competes and attempts to block everything in the paint.… Read more »
I’m not familiar enough with the kid to make a call, but it sure would be kind of fun watching someone flip to the good side. All I know right now is I trust KK in finding kids who can help us, and good defense will get you some playing time.
Dof87
11 months ago
Looks like Morsell will enter the draft evaluation process. Sounds like a good move. It seems our players mostly return after going through the process.
I’d like to see our guard stack be a little more physically imposing, Morsell can be part of that.
Papajohn
11 months ago
If he can’t get off the bench in Chapel Hill, why do we want him? Depth?
When I was listening to PackPride, I feel they mentioned he played some valuable minutes in crucial games. But perhaps it has more to do with his potential than anything. At Carolina, it’s easy to see how he might not get minutes even if he was at one point a big time recruit. In any event, I’m going to trust Keatts on this one.
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Looking a little deeper into Styles, this is his recruiting analysis from 247. It also says he is a good student. Sounds like a strong defensive guy, but limited offensively, so far. Sounds like Gantt. “Styles is a versatile combo forward that plays with tremendous energy. Styles is quick off his feet, and an impressive all around athlete. At this stage, Styles is in between forward spots, although defensively he can guard both positions in college. He’s a tremendous rebounder that uses his athleticism well in the paint. He plays hard, competes and attempts to block everything in the paint.… Read more »
I’m not familiar enough with the kid to make a call, but it sure would be kind of fun watching someone flip to the good side. All I know right now is I trust KK in finding kids who can help us, and good defense will get you some playing time.
Looks like Morsell will enter the draft evaluation process. Sounds like a good move. It seems our players mostly return after going through the process.
I’d like to see our guard stack be a little more physically imposing, Morsell can be part of that.
If he can’t get off the bench in Chapel Hill, why do we want him? Depth?
When I was listening to PackPride, I feel they mentioned he played some valuable minutes in crucial games. But perhaps it has more to do with his potential than anything. At Carolina, it’s easy to see how he might not get minutes even if he was at one point a big time recruit. In any event, I’m going to trust Keatts on this one.