Florida’s high school basketball scene is sitting on a pile of elite uncommitted talent as the Division I early signing period opens Wednesday, Nov. 11, and runs through Nov. 18.
Four five-star prospects in the Rivals Industry rankings are still on the board, and all four have drawn heavy national attention: Calvary Christian Academy’s Cayden Daughtry, Southeastern Prep teammates CJ Rosser and Beckham Black, and Prolific Prep’s Nasir Anderson. Florida, Florida State and Miami are all in the mix, but so are programs from well beyond the state line.
Daughtry has been one of the most productive names in the group lately, and he’s doing it while kicking off the Overtime Elite season with Fear of God. The Calvary Christian Academy point guard put up 39 points and 10 assists against YNG Dreamerz on Nov. 8, then followed that with 36 points against Hellstar on Nov.
- Across four OTE games, he’s averaging 38.3 points and 6.3 assists.
His recruitment has already taken him on a full tour. According to Rivals’ visit tracker, Daughtry has taken official visits to Florida State, Tennessee, Iowa, Florida, Miami, Louisville and Arkansas.
The Arkansas trip is listed for Oct. 30, after Louisville on Oct. 24 and Miami on Oct. 16.
Rosser, a 6-foot-10 forward at Southeastern Prep in Orlando, remains one of the top available players in the senior class. In September, he trimmed his list to seven finalists: North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Arkansas, Miami, NC State and USC.
He’s also been producing in Overtime Elite. Rosser had 30 points and 10 rebounds in RWE’s 78-71 win over FaZe on Nov. 5, according to Southeastern Prep’s game log.
Black, meanwhile, is a Texas native finishing his high school career in Orlando and the younger brother of Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black. The five-star point guard has been on the road plenty, with Rivals reporting official visits to Georgetown, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas and USC. His USC visit came in October.
He backed that up on the floor, too, with 14 points and 10 assists in RWE’s Nov. 5 victory over FaZe. Between Black and Rosser, the pair scored 44 of RWE’s 78 points in that game.
There’s also some overlap in the guard recruiting battles. Florida and North Carolina both show up in the visit histories of Black and Daughtry, putting those two recruitments in the same orbit.
Anderson rounds out the group as another five-star point guard available in Florida. He plays at Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale and is listed at 6-foot-3 in the Rivals database.
His official visits have included Providence, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, according to Rivals’ visit tracker. The Tennessee trip came on Oct. 15, and Georgia followed on Oct. 31.
Tennessee’s interest has carried into November, too. Stockrisers’ Jake Weingarten reported Nov. 6 that Rick Barnes and two assistants were at Prolific Prep for Anderson, citing Anderson’s coach.
Recruiting statuses reflect publicly available information as of Nov. 10, 2026.
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