Indiana’s 2028 recruiting board is showing up early and showing up loud in the latest 247Sports rankings.
The updated national list dropped today, and a stack of Hoosiers targets landed near the top. Darian DeVries and his staff are clearly fishing in deep water this cycle, with offers already out to No.
2 Yann Kamagate, No. 3 Colton Hiller, No.
6 Bamba Touray and No. 8 Josiah Rose.
Rose was the biggest mover in the top 25. Indiana offered him after the May evaluation period, and he surged from No. 44 to No.
- The 6-foot-3 guard from Faith Family of Oak Cliff in Texas is now listed at 99 OVR.
Another recent IU offer, JJ Sati-Grier, also made a major leap. He went from unranked to No. 48 in the class.
Indiana natives Landon Lampley and Noah Washington both cracked the updated rankings as well. Lampley checks in at No. 36, while Washington sits at No.
- Both turned in strong springs, though Washington has missed the last month because of an injury.
There are plenty of other names on the Hoosiers’ board scattered through the top 90, including Martin Sibal, Leartist Williams Jr., Martin Simko, Houston Rolle, Amarion Smith-Holley, Micah Gunter, Chase Smith, Devin Mitchell, Jordan Mitchell and Trey McKinney.
Indiana still doesn’t have a 2028 commit yet. In the 2027 class, the Hoosiers have Chase Branham secured.
Here’s where Indiana recruiting targets landed in the updated 247Sports rankings:
2 - Yann Kamagate, 6'11 center from St. Francis (Calif.), Compton Magic, previously 4
3 - Colton Hiller, 6'6 wing from Coatesville (Penn.), PSA Cardinals, previously 3
6 - Bamba Touray, 7'0 center from Prolific Prep (Fla.), Tre Mann Elite, previously 5
8 - Josiah Rose, 6'3 guard from Faith Family of Oak Cliff (Texas), 99 OVR, previously 44
12 - Xavier Young, 6'9 center from Faith Family (Texas), Texas Impact 4:13, previously 12
13 - Logan Chwastyk, 6'9 center from Malvern Prep (Penn.), Team Final, previously 19
18 - Michai White, 6'1 guard from Brewster Academy (N.H.), City Rocks, previously 29
24 - Antoine Caughman Jr., 6'4 wing from WJ Keenan (S.C.), Upward Stars, previously 23
25 - Xavier Skipworth, 6'5 wing from Montverde Academy (Fla.), Team Takeover, previously 25
26 - Martin Sibal, 7'2 center from Columbus (Fla.), previously unranked
35 - Cole Kelly, 6'6 wing from Nequa Valley (Ill.), Team Breakaway, previously 37
36 - Landon Lampley, 6'7 wing from Pike (Ind.), Meanstreets, previously 34
39 - Josh Lindsay, 6'0 guard from St. Xavier (Ky.), MoKan Elite, previously 26
48 - JJ Sati-Grier, 5'11 guard from Sierra Canyon (Calif), Team Why Not, previously unranked
51 - Noah Washington, 6'4 guard from New Albany (Ind.), Indy Heat, previously 33
54 - Nash Avery, 6'8 forward from Archbishop Spalding (Md.), Team Melo, previously 42
64 - Kareem Smith-Bey, 6'4 guard from St. John's College (D.C.), New World, previously 59
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