Duke’s recruiting machine keeps humming, and Jon Scheyer’s staff just added a few more major names to the board.
The Blue Devils have already locked down the nation’s top-ranked high school recruiting class in each of the past three years, and their 2026 haul is already loaded with four 5-star talents: Cameron Williams, Deron Rippey Jr., Bryson Howard, and Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje. Even with that group in place, Duke spent the weekend widening its reach into the 2027 and 2028 classes with a fresh round of offers.
The biggest new target in the 2027 group is 5-star combo guard Adan Diggs. The 6-foot-5, 180-pound Arizona standout is ranked by the 247Sports 2027 Composite as the No. 2 overall player, the No. 1 combo guard, and the top player in the state.
Duke has been involved with Diggs over the last several weeks, and the list around him is already heavy with heavyweight programs: Kentucky and North Carolina have also offered, along with Alabama, Arizona, and BYU. Diggs has taken unofficial visits to USC and UCLA, and he now joins Beckham Black and Kager Knueppel as another elite 2027 name on Duke’s offer sheet.
Another major addition is Colton Hiller, who has been on Duke’s radar for months and has now officially received an offer. The 6-foot-6, 210-pound power forward is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 2 overall player, the No. 2 small forward, and the No. 1 player in Pennsylvania.
Hiller was in the building when Duke beat Michigan in Washington, D.C. last season, and he said early in his recruitment that the Blue Devils were among the schools he had communicated with most. The Coatesville, Pa. product also holds offers from North Carolina, UConn, Kansas, and Virginia, among others.
Duke also extended an offer to AJ Williams, a 2028 prospect who has been tied to the program in recent months. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound small forward from Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy in Georgia is the No. 1 overall player in the 2028 class, according to 247Sports. Williams has already picked up blue-blood offers from Kansas and North Carolina in the past two weeks, and he has taken an unofficial visit to Duke.
With Diggs, Hiller, and Williams now on the list, the Blue Devils have given fans three more names to watch as Scheyer continues casting a wide net across the next two recruiting cycles.
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