Dylan Harper, fresh off two strong performances for the USA Basketball junior national team, now has more good news. The New Jersey guard, who is a priority recruit for Rutgers basketball, was named the top player in the nation by ESPN.com.
A guard from Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), Haper is believed the be strongly in the mix for Rutgers along with Duke and Kansas. The class of 2024 recruit recently spoke to Rutgers Wire about his recruitment and said that the Scarlet Knights are very much a family program.
He also talked about the pull to be a ‘hometown hero’ were he to commit to Rutgers.
The ESPN update was overall kind to Rutgers, showing the strength of this 2024 recruiting class. You can’t hope to control Steve Pikiell on the recruiting trail, you can only hope to contain him.
Airious ‘Ace’ Bailey, who committed to Rutgers in early January, is the second-best player in the nation. The forward is a consensus five-star recruit. His play on the court this summer? Cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Lathan Sommerville, a talented forward/center who committed to Rutgers this spring, is No. 84 in the ESPN rankings update.
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Another Rutgers target, Nassir Cunningham, who just transferred this month to Southern California Academy, is ranked by ESPN at No. 34. Cunningham is from New Jersey and had Rutgers in his latest cutdown of programs.
Harper was also recently named the top player in the nation by On3.
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