Basketball Recruiting

NC State Offers 5-Star 2026 Point Guard Deron Rippey Jr.

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6 months ago

June 7, 2025

NC State offered 5-Star (247 Composite) 2026 Point Guard Deron Rippey Jr. (6’2″/175) today.

Congratulation’s To Our Son PG Deron Rippey Jr. 26’ @BlairAcademyMBB @NewHeightsNYC @3SSBCircuit On Receiving A Scholarship Offer From @ncstatemenBBall Coaches And Staff!
Grateful#TGBTG#
WeWalkByFaithAndNotBySight! @PaulBiancardi @AdamFinkelstein @JamieShaw5 @CoachMantegna pic.twitter.com/BC2NPsT4Vj

— Deron Rippey Sr. (@rippey_deron) June 7, 2025

The Wolfpack coaches were in to watch Rippey Jr. back on April 30th.

ON3 ranks Rippey Jr. as the #17 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class, the #3 Point Guard and the #1 player in the state of New Jersey.

This year, he led the Bucs to a 24-4 record, averaging 16.2 points, 5.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. Rippey Jr. was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in New Jersey as a Junior.

Rippey Jr. currently holds offers from Rutgers, Villanova, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Seton Hall, Purdue, Stanford, St. John’s, Syracuse, TCU, Texas A&M, Washington, Oklahoma St., Illinois, LSU, Kansas, SMU, Wake Forest, Maryland, West Virginia, Creighton, Michigan, UNC, Alabama and others.