Jalen Duren passes Emoni Bates for the No. 1 spot in 247Sports updated 2022 rankings

Posted Jun 30, 2021
After a winter, spring and early summer filled with traveling across the country to watch the nation’s top players compete, the 247Sports rankings for the class of 2022 have been updated and they are full of change. Most notably there has been a change at the top where 6-foot-10 center Jalen Duren has passed longtime No. 1 Emoni Bates. (247 Sports)

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