D.J. Jeffries’ commitment to UK is first step in Calipari’s two-part recruiting coup

Posted Mar 17, 2018
Kentucky picked up a commitment from highly touted basketball star D.J. Jeffries on Monday, the first half of John Calipari’s two-part plan for a recruiting coup in his old stomping grounds. Jeffries is a 6-foot-8 junior forward from Olive Branch, Miss., which is located just across the Tennessee border from Memphis, where Calipari coached for nine seasons. (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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