{"id":280845,"date":"2025-10-06T03:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280845\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T03:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T03:13:10","slug":"top-50-recruit-davion-adkins-latest-to-commit-to-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/280845\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-50 recruit Davion Adkins latest to commit to Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Jeff Borzello<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759720390_913_borzello_jeff.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Borzello<\/p>\n<p>Basketball recruiting insider<\/p>\n<ul>Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Paul Biancardi<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759720390_639_biancardi_paul.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Biancardi<\/p>\n<p>Basketball Recruiting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com\n<\/li>\n<li> 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level\n<\/li>\n<li> Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oct 5, 2025, 10:15 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Top-50 senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/259991\/davion-adkins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davion Adkins<\/a> announced his commitment to <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"83fb6648-677a-1a40-715d-5fa16287399a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/2305\/kansas-jayhawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas<\/a> on Sunday night, becoming the fourth player to pick coach Bill Self and the Jayhawks in the past eight days.<\/p>\n<p>Adkins chose Kansas over Houston and Rutgers, all of which he visited in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The atmosphere at Kansas football was terrific; everyone is connected,&#8221; Adkins told ESPN. &#8220;The fans really support their programs, and the basketball team sticks together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He developed a strong relationship with Self. The Hall of Fame coach impressed Adkins on his visit to Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I watched practice, it was intense and detailed. Coach Self is a winner,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He is a great guy. Off the court, he can be your friend. But when it&#8217;s time for practice or games, he is going to get competitive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is not going to sugarcoat anything,&#8221; Adkins continued. &#8220;He is going to tell me exactly what I need to do to develop and prepare me for the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kansas has now landed four commitments since Sept. 28. Five-star guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/255057\/taylen-kinney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylen Kinney<\/a> was the first, announcing for the Jayhawks last weekend. On Wednesday, it was four-star wing Trent Perry&#8217;s turn, followed by top-40 junior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/260231\/javon-bardwell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Javon Bardwell<\/a> on Friday. And with Adkins now in the fold, Kansas has one of the premier recruiting classes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-9 big man who plays for Prolific Prep (Florida), Adkins is No. 46 in the SC Next 100. He has a massive 7-foot-2 wingspan and a 9-foot standing reach to go with notably large and secure hands. He moves fluidly down the court, displaying explosive vertical athleticism and posing a lob threat on alley-oops with the ability for powerful finishes. Adkins has a short face-up game, and given his free throw shooting numbers, he should be able to extend his range over time. At the other end, he&#8217;s a formidable shot-blocker.<\/p>\n<p>Adkins averaged 14.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks on the Adidas 3SSB circuit for Southern Assault in the spring and summer, shooting 58.5% from the field and 77.6% from the free throw line.<\/p>\n<p>He will miss the next three to four weeks after undergoing emergency surgery Saturday to repair a sports hernia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Adkins was a full participant at the Wootten Camp earlier this week, but experienced discomfort that intensified upon entering the gym for Prolific Prep&#8217;s Border League matchup against Mega,&#8221; Prolific Prep said in a statement. &#8220;He was taken to a local hospital in Las Vegas, where the procedure was performed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello Basketball recruiting insider Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. 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