Through his first three years as the Duke basketball coach, it’s clear that Jon Scheyer exists in his own tier as a national recruiter.
Four-star forward Nikolas Khamenia, one of 247Sports’ top 20 players in the Class of 2025, committed to the Blue Devils on Tuesday over programs like the UCLA Bruins and Gonzaga Bulldogs.
His decision came less than two weeks after Cameron and Cayden Boozer, the twin sons of Duke basketball legend Carlos Boozer, also announced their decision to play for Scheyer in Durham instead of staying within their home state with the Miami Hurricanes or Florida Gators. The duo sits second and 21st on the site’s recruiting rankings, and they’re both considered five-star talents in the Composite Rankings.
When the three standouts all get added together, the Duke Blue Devils sit atop the 2025 team recruiting rankings.
Scheyer also finished first in the recruiting rankings for the Class of 2024, thanks to the talents of top-ranked freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] and three other five-star talents, and the Class of 2022 headlined by Kyle Filipowski and Dereck Lively II. Even in the Class of 2023, Scheyer finished second because he pulled in sharpshooting five-star Jared McCain and returning starter Caleb Foster.
Overall, through four full recruiting classes as the Duke head coach, Scheyer has finished no worse than second in the team rankings with 13 five-star commitments. If history is any indication, Khamenia isn’t the last from the Class of 2025, either.