After summer of change, Jasper Johnson settles in as 5-star basketball recruit

Posted Oct 9, 2023
Jasper Johnson is a 5-star prospect and ranked No. 12 in the 2025 basketball recruiting class. Offers from UNC and Southern California arrived last month, and Johnson recently visited Georgia Tech and West Virginia. He'll get another look at his hometown Kentucky Wildcats this week at Big Blue Madness and says he plans on being in college "one year at most." (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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