Tag: Jordan Smith Jr.

Five-star 2026 basketball recruit Jordan Smith Jr. takes official visit to Duke

Days ahead of the 2024-25 season opener, a top basketball recruit in the Class of 2026 took an official visit to Duke.

Despite the 2024-25 regular season ready to tip off, recruiting won’t stop anytime soon for Duke basketball coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer’s[/autotag] team. Most recently, five-star 2026 guard Jordan Smith Jr. made it to campus on an official visit.

Smith made his visit known through a story he shared on his Instagram account on Friday that showed the school’s campus. League Ready’s Sam Kayser confirmed his visit later that same day.

Smith, who attends Paul VI Catholic in Fairfax, Virginia, is the No. 8 overall player in the nation according to the 247Sports Recruiting Rankings, making him the third-best shooting guard in the class and the best overall player from Virginia.

The 6-foot-2 guard, the former high school teammate of current Duke freshmen Darren Harris and Pat Ngongba II, is clearly among Duke’s top targets in the 2026 class. Scheyer visited him at school in September, and associate head coach Chris Carrawell came to see him in October.

Smith has 17 other offers from schools like the Michigan Wolverines, Florida State Seminoles, Kentucky Wildcats, and North Carolina Tar Heels, among others. He recently visited Louisville and Syracuse.

Blue Devils remain in firm pursuit of one five-star guard in the Class of 2026

According to a Thursday report, the Duke basketball coaching staff is paying a lot of attention to 2026 five-star Jordan Smith Jr.

Duke basketball coach Jon Scheyer landed 2025 prospects Cameron and Cayden Boozer, two of the top 25 players in their year, just last week, and his yet staff remains active around the country.

According to a Thursday report from HS Top Recruits on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), Duke associate head coach Chris Carrawell visited five-star 2026 guard Jordan Smith Jr. on Wednesday.

The report also mentioned a member of the Louisville coaching staff visiting Smith as well, and Smith told HS Top Recruits that the Blue Devils and Cardinals are among the most active staffs in his recruiting process. The Arkansas Razorbacks, Syracuse Orange, and Georgetown Hoyas were also listed.

Smith, who plays for Paul VI Catholic High School in Virginia, is the eighth-ranked player in 247Sports’ Class of 2026 rankings and a top-three shooting guard in his class. Two of his former teammates, guard Darren Harris and center Pat Ngongba II, both committed to Duke as part of the 2024 recruiting class.

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Scheyer himself visited Smith just last month, emphasizing how much of a focus he is for Duke moving forward.

North Carolina basketball offers a top shooting guard in 2026 class

The UNC basketball program offers Jordan Smith Jr. on Sunday night.

Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels are officially in the mix for five-star shooting guard Jordan Smith Jr. in the 2026 recruiting class.

The Tar Heels handed out a pair of offers to 2026 recruits on Sunday night with Smith Jr. and Caleb Holt both announcing they had received one from North Carolina. As Davis and his staff are identifying their targets for the 2026 class, they are now in pursuit of these talented recruits.

Smith Jr. is a 6-foot-3, 170-pound recruit who hails out of Fairfax, Virginia playing his high school basketball at Paul VI Catholic. He has a total of 15 offers in his recruitment with Duke, Arizona State, Florida State, Houston, Louisville, Michigan, Syracuse, and Villanova offering in addition to UNC.

The UNC offer comes just a day after rival Duke also offered the talented recruit.

The shooting guard is a five-star recruit who is ranked No. 8 nationally, the No. 2 shooting guard, and No. 1 player in the state of Virginia per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

North Carolina now has five recruits offered in the 2026 class as Smith Jr. has offered Cole Cloer, Kendre Harrison, Tyran Stoks, and Holt.

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Five-star Jordan Smith Jr. offered by Rutgers basketball

Jordan Smith Jr. is offered by Rutgers men’s basketball this week.

A big-time offer went out from Rutgers basketball this week to Jordan Smith Jr.

The Rutgers basketball recruiting target is part of the United States national team that will participate in the U17 FIBA World Cup.

A five-star guard from Paul VI Catholic (Fairfax, Virginia), Smith is the No. 8 player in the 247Sports Composite. He is the second-best shooting guard in the class of 2026 in the 247 rankings.

He is a class of 2026 recruit.

On3 ranks him as the top player in Virginia in their Industry Rankings and the seventh-best overall recruit nationally. He has a strong and well-rounded skill set, with the ability to put the ball on the floor and a very fluid shooting machine. He is silky smooth in transition.

Defensively, he works hard on and off the ball.

Not surprisingly, he has a strong offer list that includes Georgetown, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Ohio State, Tennessee, Villanova and Virginia Tech among others.

Smith posted about the offer from Rutgers via his social media on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Rutgers had an impressive class of 2024 that featured two recruits ranked as five-star prospects in forward Ace Bailey and guard [autotag]Dylan Harper[/autotag].

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The class was ranked top-10 nationally.