Packfan8 said:

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I hate 'top 8s'

Just tell us the top 5

I guess I'll take a crack at a 2021 and 2022 Prospect Board:

2021:
1. Quincy Allen - Wing out of DC, Top 50 type recruit. We consistently continue to be mentioned in top schools, other schools of note: Louisville, Colorado, Georgetown, Michigan
2. Michael James - Wing out of Florida, Top 100 kid; Dunlow has stated Us and Texas A&M are his top 2 with A&M holding the edge
3. Roosevelt Wheeler - C out of VA, top 50 kid; Believe the contenders are State, KU, UofL, Memphis, Georgetown, and VCU - Corey Evans currently projects him to us, and doesn't believe he will go far from home. If that holds true, you almost have to believe it come down to State, Georgetown and VCU

* Other names to note, but believe they are a long shot: Matthew Cleveland, Efton Reid
** Note El Ellis has recently eliminated us, it is believed Breon Pass may not have a committable offer, please don't ask about Carter Whitt or I might spontaneously combust

2022: I have no idea of priority or where we stand with kids, so I will just list offers and kids we've reached out to:
1. MJ Rice; from Durham but has moved to Oak Hill; MCDAA caliber kid; notably grew up a Duke fan, a lot of schools have held off offering due to ACL tear (I believe) but Keatts offered, maybe it pays off
2. De'ante Green ; PF out of Arden, NC (same HS Lecque went to); we offered in March and honestly I think if we pushed we could land this kid (the question is will we) since his offer we have picked up commits fro, Ernest Ross and Jaylon Gibson, so will be interesting to follow.
3. Jayden Epps: PG out of Suffolk, VA; Top 50 recruit; Likley a national level recruit, has offers from State, Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Ole Miss, PSU, Providence, Texas A&M, and VT
* As far as I am aware, the 3 above are the only offers for 2022; the names below are all kids we have reportedly reached out to, but as of yet have not offered

- Noah Clowney: C/PF out of Dorman, SC: Has interest from State, TTU, Auburn, Virginia Tech and Clemson
- Mason Manning: PG out of Pennsylvania; Rivals has him ranked 122; offered by MD, Baylor, LSU, Ole Miss, interest from GT, State, FSU, Ohio St, VT among others
- Brandon White - C out of North Rowan; offers from VT and WKU; State, Wake, Clemson, and Ole Miss have all reached out
- Justin Taylor - Wing out of Charlottesville; Rivals has him 53rd in the nation; VT has offered; interest from State, UVa, MD, and UGA
- Chris Watson - PG out of St. Johns College in DC; offer from Xavier; other schools to reach out: State, Georgia, Wake, Clemson, VT and VCU
- Avion Pinner - wing out of Williamston, NC; has heard from State, VCU, UNCG
Jordyn Surrat: another kid out of Dorman, SC (Wing); heard from State, Florida, Georgia, VT
- Tre Donaldson - PG out of FL - interest from Florida, Wake, Ole Miss, Iowa State, FSU, Georgetown and State. Interesting also has P5 football offers/interest
- Donald Hand: CG out of VA; heard from State, VCU, Clemson, OSU And UGA. (Note, his dad played for UVA)
- Larry Hughes II; CG out of St. Louis; offer from St. Louis (he is a legacy, his father NBA vet Larry Hughes played there); interest from State, UNC and Iowa

* As I mentioned in a previous post, it will be interesting if we pursue Dasean Lecque, the younger brother of Jalen, his is a PG out of Phoenix. Currently a top 75 kid. Boston College recently offered
** Obviously subject to change but as of now we will have 3 scholarships for 2022, so likely a PG, wing and center taken (unless we take Roosevelt wheeler this year, then I could see 2 wings)
*** interestingly if we need a PG the better class may be 2023, as NC is stacked with elite talent that year at the PG position: Robert Dillingham, Aden Holloway, Jaylen Curry, Trey Green and my personal favorite Treymane Parker; interestingly, aside from Parker all of these kids are from the Charlotte area. To my knowledge the only 2023 offer as of yet is Mekhi Grant who is Robert Dillingham's teammate at Combine Academy