August 1, 2028
Here's how our call list looks as we begin our recruiting season:
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VIRGINIA Recruiting
Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State
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Dennis White PG 5-11 159 *** Very High Virginia
Henry Candelario C 6-6 249 *** Very High Virginia
Andrew Patterson PG 5-7 175 *** Very High Maryland
Caleb Roberts PG 5-10 176 ***** High Virginia
Luke Campbell C 7-0 252 ***** High Virginia
Isaac Lee PG 6-0 183 ***** High Pennsylvania
Rob Kearns PG 6-1 178 **** High Ohio
Richard Sampson SG 6-4 182 **** High Virginia
Cameron Goodman SG 6-3 179 *** High Virginia
Charlie Griffin PG 6-0 190 *** High Virginia
Amari Hawkins SG 6-4 193 ***** Average Pennsylvania
Tristan Horan PG 6-4 187 ***** Average Illinois
Brian Gilkey SF 6-4 202 ***** Average North Carolina
Charles Johnson SG 6-0 195 ***** Average New Jersey
Chris Trammel PG 5-2 159 **** Average Georgia
Robert Holzer SG 6-3 187 **** Average Virginia
James McCarthy C 6-10 224 **** Average Virginia
Donovan Sanchez SG 6-2 171 **** Average Massachusetts
Isaiah Hulse PF 6-10 218 **** Average Maryland
George Perdue C 6-8 245 *** Average Virginia
It's a very interesting list, with intriguing players who fall into two groups.
There's a group of guys whom all the recruiting experts know: five-star talents who regard UVA highly, but are considering other programs at least as seriously.
Luke Campbell and
Isaac Lee are good examples of this kind of player. Luke is the #1 center in the class and the #3 player overall, and he's a Virginia native. Isaac, from the Philadelphia suburbs, actually seems to like us better. He has us on his initial list of top schools, and Luke does not.
Then, there is a group of players who are not as highly regarded, but are expressing a lot of love for our program.
Dennis White,
Henry Candelario, and
Andrew Patterson fit into this category. Each of them is a three-star recruit, but each of them give us the feeling they'll be good at the roles we might like them to play.
The player I'll feature most prominently this time is in a category of his own.
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#2 PG Caleb Roberts
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Height: 5-10
Weight: 176
High School: Flint Hill School
Hometown: Oakton, VA
GPA: 3.46
Test Score: 1410
Rating: *****
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 0 44 67 56 81 78 3 10 11 59 57 1 84 38 32 68
Potential: C C A C A A F D F B A F
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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10.7 0.9 3.3 7.4 1.7 4.35 3.2 0.1 2.8
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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4.8 11.2 .430 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.7 3.0 .220
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Virginia: High
Rankings: #4 Overall, #1 PG, Southeast Region #2 Overall, Southeast Region #1 PG
High School Awards: All-State
Top 5 Schools: Pittsburgh, *Virginia, *Saint Joseph's, Tennessee, Connecticut
I made an offer to Caleb before we evaluated him, based on his assist/turnover ratio and all those steals he's accumulating in high school ball. His skills seem to support the numbers very well, painting a picture of a traditional point guard who orchestrates his team's offense, creates shots for his teammates, and does more than his share at the other end of the floor.
He likes Pitt a lot, but the Panthers haven't made him an offer yet. I'm giving Caleb the royal recruiting treatment this month, which will cost us only $4003 because he lives so close to Grounds. I'll also recruit most of the other players I've mentioned as actively as they'll let us.