The updated Rivals.com recruiting rankings for the Class of 2018 came out on Monday and one future Jayhawk made a monster jump.
Unranked when he committed to Kansas earlier this year, three-star guard Ochai Agbaji, of Oak Park High in Kansas City, Mo., cracked the Top 150 in Rivals’ latest release, moving all the way up to No. 141.
Agbaji, a shooting guard with good size and a versatile skill set that inspired KU coach Bill Self to compare him to former Jayhawk Travis Releford, [officially signed with the Jayhawks last week.][1] He became the fourth player in the 2018 class to make his commitment official and sign a letter of intent with KU.
Two of the other three prospects — combo guard Quentin Grimes and center David McCormack — moved up, with Grimes jumping two spots from No. 10 to No. 8 and McCormack moving up one spot to No. 33.
Point guard Devon Dotson was the only future Jayhawk in the 2018 class — for now — who dropped in the updated rankings, falling one spot from No. 17 to No. 18.
[Dotson, Grimes and McCormack all played in last month’s McDonald’s All-American Game,][2] while Grimes and McCormack followed that up by playing in the Nike Hoop Summit game for Team USA.
[Grimes also competed in the Jordan Brand Classic.][3]
One other notable ranking for the Jayhawks came in the form of the top remaining player in the class, five-star guard Romeo Langford, staying in the No. 6 spot overall.
Duke, which previously had locked down the top three players in the class — R.J. Barrett, Cameron Reddish and Zion Williamson — now has the Nos. 1, 3 and 5, as Williamson dropped two spots from No. 3 to No. 5 and UNC-bound small forward Nassir Little jumped up to No. 2.
[1]: http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2018/apr/12/class-of-2018-shooting-guard-ochai-agbaj/
[2]: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2018/mar/28/ku-signees-shine-mcdonalds-all-american-game/?mens_basketball
[3]: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2018/apr/08/future-jayhawk-quentin-grimes-shines-teams-romeo-l/?mens_basketball
