Early Signing Period: Talent spread
With the Early Signing Period all set to tip on Wednesday, it's time to take a look at who is headed where. In today's Talent Spread, we look at the top five players, regardless of position, headed to each power league as well as a sleeper not ranked in the 2020 Rivals150 to track down the road.
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2020 Rankings: Rivals150 | Team | Position
2021 Rankings: Rivals150 | Position
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SF Jalen Johnson, Duke (No. 5)
PF Scottie Barnes, Florida State (No. 9)
C Day'Ron Sharpe, North Carolina (No. 13)
C Walker Kessler, North Carolina (No. 20)
PG Caleb Love, North Carolina (No. 21)
Sleeper: SG Tristan Maxwell, Georgia Tech
Analysis: Duke has both the top ranked class in the country and the top ranked incoming player to the ACC in Jalen Johnson. This time around, though, the strength of their class is the number of highly rated players that will be around for a while. North Carolina has the country's No. 2 ranked class thanks to five-stars Sharpe, Kessler and Love. The versatile Barnes is the jewel of Florida State's top five class. The son of a former NBA scoring machine, Maxwell could end up a big scorer at Tech. Virginia, Louisville and Miami also sit with classes that rank among the top 20 in 2020.
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PG Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State (No. 2)
SG Bryce Thompson, Kansas (No. 19)
SG Nimari Burnett, Texas Tech (No. 22)
SF Micah Peavy, Texas Tech (No. 34)
SF Tyon Grant-Foster, Kansas (four-star junior college)
Sleeper: PG Jaden Walker, Iowa State
Analysis: Things are looking up with Big 12 recruiting where Kansas, OSU and Texas Tech all sit with top-10 classes. Mike Boynton pulled off some magic for Oklahoma State by landing Cunningham. For the second year in a row Chris Beard has a five-star, Burnett, coming to Lubbock and pairs him with a top-35 talent in Peavy. Thompson is a scorer with versatility for Kansas while Grant-Foster is a live wire wing and possibly the best junior college player in the country. Don't be surprised if Walker eventually cracks the top 150 and he should be a high level scorer for Steve Prohm. The Cyclones, Kansas State and Baylor all rank among the top-25 teams.
