Top 2023 Recruit GG Jackson Decommits From North Carolina

GG Jackson, 247Sports’ No. 2 males’s faculty basketball recruit at school of 2023, introduced his decommitment from North Carolina in a tweet late Thursday night time.

Jackson thanked Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis and the his workers for recruiting him. Nonetheless, he mentioned he plans to “discover different choices” that may assist him develop from a “teenage boy to an grownup” to achieve his dream of enjoying within the NBA.

Jackson’s official decommitment comes hours after 247Sports’ Travis Branham reported that the 6’9” ahead was anticipated to flip to South Carolina. 

Jackson turned the primary prospect to decommit from UNC in shut to twenty years. Per ESPN, no participant within the trendy recruiting period has decommitted from North Carolina and performed for one more program.

The Columbia, S.C., native initially dedicated to the Tar Heels in April after contemplating 5 faculties, together with South Carolina. Jackson, who performs at Ridge View Excessive Faculty in Columbia, S.C., averaged 22.1 factors and 10.9 rebounds per sport and earned South Carolina’s Gatorade Participant of the 12 months after his junior season.

At the moment, on the Nike EYBL circuit, Jackson is averaging 12.1 factors and 9.4 rebounds per sport via 14 video games this season. He additionally just lately earned MVP honors on the NBPA High 100 camp in June.

South Carolina was the favourite to land Jackson till the Gamecocks fired former coach Frank Martin after 10 seasons in March. Lamont Paris, previously the pinnacle coach at Chattanooga, was named the Gamecocks’ new head coach in March. Paris needed to go after Jackson however the high recruit had already dedicated to UNC, per ESPN. 

Much more, based on Branham, “others behind the scenes” needed to see Jackson stay nearer to residence as effectively. Whereas Jackson beforehand advised ESPN that he was initially reclassifying into the 2022 class, he initially made the choice to stay within the ‘23 class, saying that he bodily was not able to play on the faculty degree. 

Whether or not Jackson commits to the Gamecocks stays to be seen. If he does, Paris can have secured this system’s highest-ranked recruit in its historical past in simply his first few months on the helm. 

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