Jayden Quaintance was supposed to be at Kentucky leaving high school. He will now end in Lexington a season later than expected.
The handle has engaged in the Wildcats of the NCAA transfer portal, ON3 learned. This news breaks through sources this morning, addressing Joe Tipton d’On3.
Quaintance, from Cleveland, played his basketball for the word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh. It was recruit n ° 7 in the country there as five-star + perspective during cycle 2024. It also assessed Center 1 of the class and player N ° 1 of North Carolina. It is according to the ranking of the ON3 industry, a weighted average that uses the four major recruitment media companies.
With this, Quaintance would engage in John Calipari as the highest signatory of six in total with this group classified among the best in the outgoing country. However, he, with four of these other commitments, never ended up in the United Kingdom with Calipari leaving the last off-season for Arkansas. Travis Perry would be the only one to have stayed in his school in the state while Boogie Fland, Karter Knox and Billy Richmond followed the coach Cal to join the razorbacks while Somto Cyril went to Georgia Elsewhere in the dry. Once he obtained his own release from his letter of intention, Quaintance, who was still planning to stay in Kentucky when they hire Mark Pope, would sign a little more than two weeks later with Arizona State.
In 24 games with the Sun Devils this season, Quaintance was on average 9.4 points (52.5% FG), 7.9 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.1 interceptions per game. This has made it lead into production in several of these ASU categories as well as in all Big 12 as a selection of the conference with fully defensive and fully compliant teams. That said, it should be noted that Quaintance missed the last six games of the year with an LCA injury on which he has since undergone surgery with reports suggesting that he will be back downstream of his second season.
A year later now, however, Quaintance has become available again with its entry into the portal as one of the seven to leave Temple. It immediately became a transfer higher to n ° 3 in total, behind only YAXEL LENDEBORG (Michigan) and Bennett Stittz (Iowa)And as PF n ° 2, behind only tomorrow, in the best players of the ON3 transfer portal in 2025.
With this commitment, Kentucky has four additions to the portal during this cycle. They also added Mouhamed Dioubate (Alabama)Kam Williams (Tulane)and Jaland Lowe (Pittsburgh) With Lowe, Dioubate and now Pownce have all been committed in the last four days. Quaintance (n ° 3), Dioubate (n ° 39) and Williams (n ° 48) are currently those which are classified with this trio in the top 5 of the transfer gate players in 2025 of ON3.
The peacelessness is committed to being in Kentucky a little more than a year ago on a two -season plan as the first hope which expected to be a selection of lottery in the draft of the NBA 2026. He ended up taking his own sabbatical year, however, with him, he now recommended them on Tuesday and find himself in the Bluegrass after all.
To follow the last players in motion, see the wire of the ON3 transfer portal.
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