With only one more scholarship spot left to use for Mark Pope’s debut season at Kentucky, he and his staff have slowly begun to focus on the high school ranks. In particular, the 2025 class consisting of rising seniors has started to hear more and more from the new Wildcat coaches.
Earlier this week, our good friends over at On3 updated the 2025 Top 150 player rankings. This is the seventh update overall to the 2025 cycle and the fourth update with a full Top 150 list. This update reflects everything the On3 recruiting team has watched since the last update in April — which includes the AAU circuit and various showcase events across the country.
Where did Kentucky’s top targets land in the latest update? For starters, by our count, 25 of the Top 150 have received some level of interest from the Wildcats, including five of the Top 10 and the top overall prospect. Of course, Will Riley — considered a top-tier target UK who officially visited campus earlier this week — was also among the mix of five-stars. Additionally, there is a trio of Bluegrass natives who made the list, two of them among the Top 20.
These are the rising high school seniors that the Big Blue Nation should familiarize themselves with moving forward. Some will ultimately commit elsewhere and new names will surely surface over the coming months, but this is a good base of who Kentucky is keeping close tabs on as we head into the summer.
Kentucky targets in updated On3 2025 player rankings
- No. 1: AJ Dybantsa (SF) 6-8, 175 | Utah Prep School (Needham, MA)
- No. 2: Cameron Boozer (PF) 6-9, 205 | Christopher Columbus (Miami, FL)
- No. 6: Chris Cenac (PF) 6-10, 210 | Isidore Newman (New Orleans, LA)
- No. 4: Darryn Peterson (SG) 6-5, 195 | Huntington Prep (Canton, OH)
- No. 8: Nate Ament (SF) 6-8, 170 | Highland (Manassas, VA)
- No. 10: Will Riley (SF) 6-8, 180 | The Phelps School (Kitchener, ON)
- No. 13: Kingston Flemings (PG) 6-3, 165 | William J. Brennan (San Antonio, TX)
- No. 14: Tounde Yessoufou (SF) 6-5, 210 | St. Joseph (Santa Maria, CA)
- No. 16: Jasper Johnson (SG) 6-4, 170 | Link Academy (Lexington, KY)
- No. 17: Malachi Moreno (C) 7-0, 210 | Great Crossing (Georgetown, KY)
- No. 18: Nikola Bundalo (PF) 6-9, 205 | Western Reserve Academy (Uniontown, OH)
- No. 21: Mikel Brown Jr. (PG) 6-3, 165 | Overtime Elite (Orlando, FL)
- No. 22: Brayden Burries (CG) 6-4, 185 | Eleanor Roosevelt (Riverside, CA)
- No. 23: Trey McKenney (SG) 6-4, 205 | St. Mary’s (Flint, MI)
- No. 26: Hudson Greer (SG) 6-6, 180 | Lake Travis (Austin, TX)
- No. 27: Xavion Staton (C) 7-0, 210 | Sierra Vista (Las Vegas, NV)
- No. 28: Cayden Boozer (PG) 6-3, 190 | Christopher Columbus (Miami, FL)
- No. 30: Shelton Henderson (SF) 6-6, 210 | Bellair (Houston, TX)
- No. 41: Davion Hannah (CG) 6-5, 180 | Nicolet (Glendale, WI)
- No. 54: Jamarion Bateman (SG) 6-3, 175 | Milwaukee Academy of Science (Milwaukee, WI)
- No. 57: Jerry Easter (CG) 6-4, 185 | La Lumiere School (Toledo, OH)
- No. 70: Kayden Edwards (SG) 6-3, 170 | Duncanville (Duncanville, TX)
- No. 71: Kaden Magwood (SG) 6-2, 160 | Combine Academy (Louisville, KY)
- No. 80: Acaden Lewis (PG) 6-3, 170 | Sidwell Friends School (Baltimore, MD)
- No. 86: Jordan Scott (SF) 6-5, 165 | South Lakes (Reston, VA)
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