Class of 2025 recruit Jacob Wilkins, a four-star prospect and the son of NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, introduced his dedication to Georgia Tuesday, following in his father’s footsteps. The No. 4 total small ahead within the 2025 elegance in accordance to 247Sports’ scores selected the Bulldogs over Virginia, permitting him to keep shut to house and for his father’s alma mater.
“I just felt like I am at home and the people there,” Wilkins informed 247Sports’ Travis Branham of why he picked UGA. “I trust everyone there to put me in the right position and I know I have the ability to make my own name there even though I am coming there with my last name being a household name there. I can make my own name there, also.”
Wilkins’ dedication comes not up to per week the addition of Asa Newell. Newell is a five-star Class of 2024 recruit who would be the third-highest ranked recruit in program historical past, in accordance to 247Sports. If the recruiting scores keep the similar, Wilkins will pass down because the fifth-highest ranked recruit of the fashionable technology, two spots at the back of Newell and one spot at the back of famous person Class of 2011 recruit Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Dominique’s high-flying taste earned him the deserved nickname “The Human Highlight Reel” and his son has equivalent athletic talent. Here’s 247Sports’ Adam Finkelstein‘s opinion on what he brings to the desk:
Jacob Wilkins is a budding large wing who’s loaded with herbal gear and skill, however most effective at first levels of striking all of it in combination. He has excellent positional dimension at over 6-foot-7 with a lanky, and nonetheless undeveloped, body that has but to even truly start to fill-out but. While he’ll without a doubt be a unconditionally other participant as soon as he grows into his body, he can already display glimpses of explosive athleticism with high-level performs and above-the-rim finishes within the open flooring. While he initiatives as any individual who must be dynamic in transition, there also are gear that are meant to translate within the half-court and defensively as smartly. He’s a fluid mover for his dimension with a nearly elastic high quality about his herbal flexibility. He additionally has excellent fingers, comfortable contact, and blank sufficient mechanics to expand as a shooter.
Two big-name recruits committing to Georgia within the span of per week may additional beef up its attraction at the recruiting path.
Though Newell and Wilkins are the lone commitments of the 2024 and 2025 elegance, respectively, the workforce seems to be in excellent place with a number of different large names together with four-star Class of 2024 prospect Khani Rooths, who visited the campus previous this month the similar week Newell used to be on campus.