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Rutgers basketball recruiting: Emmanuel Okitondo transfers to Bishop Walsh

Rutgers basketball target Emmanuel Okitondo is transferring to a new school.

Rutgers basketball recruit Emmanuel Okitondo is making a transfer for his final two seasons of high school basketball.

Okitondo, a small forward prospect, is transferring to Bishop Walsh (Cumberland, MD). Last season Okitondo played at Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.), where he averaged 10.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

Prior to that, the 6-foot-8 forward was at Oak Hill Academy.

Okitondo took an unofficial visit to Rutgers in mid-August. He currently holds offers from Bryant, Fairfield, Maryland-Baltimore and NJIT as well as Rutgers.

At Bishop Walsh, he will play alongside Matt Williams, a four-star point guard who was recently offered by Wake Forest. He is ranked the No. 96 player in the nation according to 247Sports.

Bishop Walsh went 9-15 last season. They tweeted about the addition of Okitondo on Monday morning. The player also retweeted the announcement on his personal social media:

 

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Rutgers basketball: Emmanuel Okitondo takes unofficial visit

Emmanuel Okitondo took a visit to Rutgers basketball this week.

Class of 2024 forward Emmanuel Okitondo took an unofficial visit to the Rutgers basketball program this week.

A standout last at Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.), he is a 6-foot-8 and 180-pound forward who has good length and versatility. Last season he averaged 10.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

He transferred to Archbishop Carroll from Oak Hill Academy.

Rutgers offered Okitondo in mid-June. Since then he has received offers from Fairfield and NJIT.

He tweeted about his unofficial visit this week to Rutgers, calling the experience with the Big Ten program “amazing”:

 

Rutgers basketball is off to a solid start for the class of 2023, landing four-star Gavin Griffiths, a consensus top-50 player in the nation. In addition Antonio Chol, an athletic and long forward who reclassified to the 2022 recruiting class.

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Rutgers is coming off consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1976.