5-Star PF GG Jackson Commits to South Carolina

GG Jackson, 247Sports’ No. 2 composite males’s faculty basketball recruit within the class of 2023, announced Saturday that he’s reclassifying to the 2022 class and committing to the College of South Carolina.

Jackson turns into the best ranked recruit in this system’s historical past. As a junior at Ridge View Excessive Faculty, the Columbia, S.C., native averaged 22.1 factors and 10.9 rebounds per sport and earned South Carolina’s Gatorade Participant of the Yr on the conclusion of the season.

In April, Jackson initially dedicated to North Carolina after contemplating Georgetown, Duke and South Carolina. Nonetheless, earlier this month, Jackson decommitted from North Carolina, saying that he needed to “explore other options” that may assist him develop from a “teenage boy to an grownup” and attain his dream of taking part in within the NBA.

Per ESPN, Jackson grew to become the primary prospect to decommit from UNC in shut to twenty years. No participant within the trendy recruiting period has decommitted from North Carolina and performed for an additional program. 

Jackson will be a part of first-year Gamecocks basketball coach Lamont Paris at South Carolina. Paris, who was beforehand the pinnacle coach at Chattanooga, was named the Gamecocks’ new head coach in March after this system fired former coach Frank Martin after 10 seasons. 

When Paris took the job at South Carolina, he had plans to go after Jackson, however the ahead had already dedicated to UNC, per ESPN. 4 months later, Paris will now have the chance to educate the gifted energy ahead.

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