Duke basketball added a fourth player to its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday when Shelton Henderson, a five-star small forward from Texas, announced his commitment.
Henderson, who plays for Bellaire High School, averaged 21.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.9 steals, and 1.4 blocks as a junior to lead his team in every category. As the 15th overall player in 247Sports’ 2025 player rankings, he becomes the third five-star member of Duke’s 2025 class and the 14th five-star prospect who’s committed to Jon Scheyer since the Class of 2022.
“A physical specimen from the wing position who arguably has the best long-term tools in the national class,” 247Sports recruiting analyst Brandon Jenkins wrote in his scouting report. “He operates as a playmaking forward who is loaded with intangibles that are off the charts.”
Duke associate head coach Jai Lucas, who also attended Bellaire High School and was selected a McDonald’s All-American before his graduation in 2007, visited Henderson in person last month.
Henderson picked the Blue Devils over the Texas Longhorns and Louisville Cardinals.
At the start of October, Scheyer and his staff didn’t have a single commitment from the 2025 class. Cameron and Cayden Boozer, twin brothers from Florida who are both five-star players, announced their joint commitment on October 11 before four-star forward Nikolas Khamenia picked Duke over the UCLA Bruins and Gonzaga Bulldogs on (Tuesday).
Cameron, the taller of the Boozer brothers, is the second-ranked player in the class, and he’s routinely credited as the player with the highest floor in the country. He stands 6-foot-9, one inch taller than Khamenia, and Henderson compliments that duo as a playmaking wing. Cayden Boozer, who still measures out at 6-foot-4, is the dominant ball-handling guard in the class.
