Last week, Clemson men’s basketball head coach Brad Brownell and his staff landed a commitment from Princeton transfer Jaelin Llewellyn.
However, Llewellyn announced via Twitter on Tuesday night that he has decided to reopen his recruitment.
“Just want to say thanks, and show appreciation to the guys that I have met on the team, as well as the coaches and staff at Clemson, as they were great hosts during my visit,” Llewellyn wrote in a Twitter post.
“I am still considering Clemson as my home for next year, but due to recent changes, my family and I have decided to reopen my recruitment in order to reconsider the best options.”
Llewellyn, who played three seasons at Princeton (2018-22), is a 6-2, 185-pound point guard with a 6-6 wingspan who earned first-team All-Ivy League honors last season. He finished fifth in the league in scoring with 15.7 points per game and finished eighth in the league in 3-point percentage (38.6). He posted seven 20-point games last season including a season-high 29 points in a win over Harvard on Feb. 25.
He finished his career at Princeton ranked T-13th in career made 3-pointers (136), 15th in threes made in a season (64, 2021-22) and T-27th in career points (1,064).
In back-to-back seasons, Llewellyn led Princeton in scoring and as a freshman became the first to average double figures in scoring (10.1 ppg) since 2016.
Coming out of high school, Llewellyn was rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN and was a Top 100 recruit in his class according to ESPN.com. He was the No. 5 ranked Canadian player by North Pole Hoops and was named the top Canadian point guard by the site in May 2017.
–Clemson Athletic Communications contributed to this story
—Photo for this article courtesy of (Rachel O’Driscoll/Getty Images)
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