UConn has kept its foot on the gas in the 2027 recruiting cycle, and the latest win is a big one. Five-star wing Jordan Page announced Sunday that he is committing to the Huskies, giving Dan Hurley another elite building block for a class that is already starting to stack up.
Page comes in as a 6-foot-5, 210-pound wing out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., though he originally hails from North Carolina. 247Sports has him slotted No. 10 overall in the class and as the third-best player at his position, which tells you plenty about the level of prospect UConn just landed.
He’s now the second five-star to pledge to the Huskies in this cycle, joining combo guard NaVorro Bowman Jr., who announced last month.
Page’s recruitment had plenty of heavyweight interest before he settled on Storrs. He took official visits to North Carolina and UConn in September, and the Tar Heels were viewed as the early favorite. But UConn clearly made a strong impression on the gifted athlete during that trip, enough to swing the decision Hurley’s way.
CBS Sports scouting director Adam Finkelstein pointed to Page’s length and two-way impact as the traits that jump off the page. In his summer evaluation, Finkelstein wrote: "The key for Page is playing within the flow offensively," Finkelstein wrote in his summer evaluation of the prospect.
"He's more of a natural connector than offensive alpha. He doesn't have much wiggle off the dribble, needs to improve his right hand, isn't yet a secondary handler or overly polished at using ball screens and could better leverage his physical tools in the lane.
"His shooting mechanics suffer, particularly with his footwork, when he starts settling for rushed or contested shots. In short, he projects as someone who should be capable of keeping the dominos falling once they start but is not yet a primary playmaker."
Finkelstein also sees a strong stylistic match between Page and what Hurley wants at UConn. "Page may be the best natural fit for what UConn emphasizes on a daily basis," Finkelstein wrote a 247Sports scout and fit article.
"First, he checks all of the necessary boxes from a competitive character standpoint. The bar is high at UConn, in terms of what Hurley expects on a day-to-day basis, and Jordan is going to be able to meet that standard with the way he goes about his work.
"Secondly, he's a team-first player whose game is best suited when he is surrounded by other good players. He's not someone who is going to need a requisite number of shots or offensive volume, because he understands how to impact winning both with and without the basketball."
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