2027 Cayden Daughtry 5* PG from Calvary Christian Academy

I'd be interested to know where things stand here atm. From what I've read Iowa may be the team to beat and UConn is in the mix as well. I'm less concerned with Michigan now that Dusty May left.

If we get Cason and assuming Lewis comes back (even the potential of a return is a recruiting tool that can be used against us) there's a logjam at PG. UConn could have similar PT issues assuming Demary returns (see the Lewis example above) for a 5th year and Junior County. It's PG by committee to my knowledge at Iowa for now even with the Ty'Reek Coleman addition.

I know the hometown sell is a factor but I'd assume a guy like Daughtry wants to start on day 1
Cason can play off-ball 2, so can Cayden really. I think Lewis is going to go pro based on how long he took to withdraw himself this past year, and with the team we have plus Cason in the mix—we’re going to be knocking out a lotta teams come March.

I think Dante is fine taking a bakseat to Cayden but it could harm us from Cayden’s POV because he has seen Dante be the PG of a premier team like the NightRydas so idk. . . Cayden is going to run into problems projecting his fit at any of these big schools sans Iowa and Tennessee & a few others.
 
Some good discussion on Daughtry from CBS's Eye on College Basketball podcast today, starts about 2 minutes in and last for around 12 minutes. It's mostly centered around the type of player he is, but they do talk about his recruitment a bit and Miami/Iowa are the two most prominently mentioned for him, with a little bit of Louisville and UConn as well.

 
The Trae Young comp doesn’t work for me because when MoKan Elite (?) won Peach Jam, Young wasn’t even the best player on his team; Michael Porter Jr was. That’s another way of saying, what Cayden did was even more impressive. I get why he made the comp as it’s a step up from Tyler tanner, but Cayden’s different.

When E1T1 won at Peach Jam, their whole backcourt could go. Lance Crawford, Grayson Allen, Deangelo Russell, Joel Berry, and Kobe Eubanks. Whole team, really.

But on both e1t1, that mokan elite team, and even on nightrydas a couple of years ago, no one player contributed such an outsized percentage of the team scoring. It’s an anomaly, and he did it while being efficient from the floor and rarely turning the ball over. Averaged 3 steals, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists a game too.

Cayden is mos def a top 5 player in his class, he’ll keep rising from where he is at now. The recruiting services will be hesitant to put him too high given his frame.

arguably FL Rebels second best player was Nijuan Harris who is a 2028 kid. . . Currently a top 50 guy for his class however he is likely being underrated as well. The FL Rebels have ONeal Delaney who was another scorer for them outta Montverde….Miami offered him but we aren’t even pursuing meanwhile Maryland, Ohio State, FSU, UF, and Houston all recently hosted him for official visits. But he isn’t a five star either.

Which again, makes this domination so singular. This is a steph curry in 2022 / Brunson king of New York level he has been playing at these past few months.
 
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Cason can play off-ball 2, so can Cayden really. I think Lewis is going to go pro based on how long he took to withdraw himself this past year, and with the team we have plus Cason in the mix—we’re going to be knocking out a lotta teams come March.

I think Dante is fine taking a bakseat to Cayden but it could harm us from Cayden’s POV because he has seen Dante be the PG of a premier team like the NightRydas so idk. . . Cayden is going to run into problems projecting his fit at any of these big schools sans Iowa and Tennessee & a few others.
I didn’t watch every second of FL Rebels this summer but I do remember Cayden being off ball a lot more earlier in the circuit. His off ball movement is what made me so high on him. I think there came a point in the summer that they needed the ball is in hands to win tougher games and he just delivered.
 
I didn’t watch every second of FL Rebels this summer but I do remember Cayden being off ball a lot more earlier in the circuit. His off ball movement is what made me so high on him. I think there came a point in the summer that they needed the ball is in hands to win tougher games and he just delivered.
Facts, it was closing time and he was on fire. But i don’t believe he is as ball dominant as Trae young is
 
Facts, it was closing time and he was on fire. But i don’t believe he is as ball dominant as Trae young is
I clearly remember a few times where Oneal got outlet passes and pushed the ball up wing side but before Oneal even got the pass, Cayden was sprinting to the opposite corner. And almost every time it made a difference. Im not used to seeing that at this age and from a 1 to boot. Early in the circuit they were also letting Oneal cook a lot more and I remember being impressed with Cayden finding open space off ball
 
Down to FOURTEEN schools lol that's still a shiiiit ton.
Right lmao. I kinda thought this would go out of style in the NIL-age yet it’s still around.

IMO he’s just not burning any bridges with the coaches who still hit him up and recruit him but the only schools really in contention for him are the 7 he’s scheduled official visits to. That family is going to be exhausted after 7 (if they even get to finish all 7 and don’t just decide beforehand).
 
Right lmao. I kinda thought this would go out of style in the NIL-age yet it’s still around.

IMO he’s just not burning any bridges with the coaches who still hit him up and recruit him but the only schools really in contention for him are the 7 he’s scheduled official visits to. That family is going to be exhausted after 7 (if they even get to finish all 7 and don’t just decide beforehand).
And we are on that list of 7 so that's good stuff. Hopefully he picks us but there's a lot of good schools here to compete with.
 
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