{"id":183273,"date":"2025-08-28T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/183273\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:00:10","slug":"kentucky-no-longer-expected-to-host-4-star-guard-qayden-samuels-for-an-official-visit-tar-heel-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/183273\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky No Longer Expected to Host 4-Star Guard Qayden Samuels for an Official Visit &#8211; Tar Heel Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPosted Aug 28, 2025<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKentucky has set official visits with most of the players it has offered in the 2026 class so far. One player noticeably absent from Kentucky\u2019s upcoming official visit schedule is four-star guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/recruitprofile2527.aspx\" title=\"Qayden Samuels Recruiting Profile\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qayden Samuels<\/a>. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound shooting guard from Bishop McNamara (District Heights, MD) earned an offer from Kentucky in June.&#13;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/kentucky-no-longer-expected-qayden-samuels-official-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Kentucky Sports Radio<\/b><\/a>)&#13;<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/college-basketball-recruiting.aspx\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball Recruiting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article160612.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top-25 recruit Jasiah Jervis begins official visit to NC State on Thursday<\/a><br \/>Jasiah Jervis, one of the top shooting guards in the 2026 class, will begin an official visit to the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Thursday,&#8230;<br \/>Thu Aug 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article160603.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five-star PG Deron Rippey Jr. begins official visit to Miami on Wednesday<\/a><br \/>Deron Rippey Jr., one of the top point guards in the 2026 class, begins an official to Miami on Wednesday, August 27th. He will be&#8230;<br \/>Wed Aug 27, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article160602.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisville basketball recruiting 2026: Taylen Kinney and Arafan Diane among top targets<\/a><br \/>Entering the final week of August, Pat Kelsey had not yet landed a Class of 2026 commitment. He does, however, have the program firmly in&#8230;<br \/>Wed Aug 27, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article160578.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top-20 overall recruit Tajh Ariza moves up USC official visit<\/a><br \/>Tajh Ariza, a high four-star small forward in the 2026 class, has moved up his official visit to USC. 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