Kentucky basketball continues to make contact with members of the 2026 recruiting class. Deron Rippey Jr was the latest member of the class to hear from Mark Pope’s staff.
A class of 2026 point guard, Rippey Jr. is a 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard from Blairstown (NJ). He’s currently a consensus top-30 recruit ranked 15th overall by On3, 21st by 247Sports, 26th by Rivals, and 27th by ESPN. All four services have him listed as a point guard.
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Rippey Jr has also received offers from Louisville, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland, Villanova, LSU, UConn, Arkansas, Duke, Indiana, Arkansas and Rutgers.
Last month in June, Rippey was named by analysts and scouts as a top performer at a USA Basketball U17 national team training camp in Colorado Springs (CO).
Rippey was a finalist for the U17 national squad; and made the 12-player roster and helped Team USA win a gold medal earlier this month at the 2024 FIBA World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey.