Kingsley Rogers is keeping Syracuse basketball in the mix as his recruitment starts to pick up.
The 6-foot-5 guard/wing from Long Island told recruiting analyst Jake Weingarten that he could make fall visits to several schools, including the Orange. “I might go on some in the fall.
Been talking to Boston College, Syracuse, and Siena about some visits. So if I can go on those, I will.”
Inside the Loud House independently confirmed on Friday that Rogers is looking at a trip to SU, although no date has been locked in yet.
Syracuse is one of a number of high-major programs that reached out to Rogers after the 2028 contact period opened on June 15. The Orange staff, now led by first-year head coach Gerry McNamara, was already among the schools to get involved when Inside the Loud House first wrote about Rogers in late June.
The interest has grown quickly. Rogers has already collected scholarship offers from New Mexico, Albany, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Hofstra and Florida Atlantic, according to his Instagram page. Since mid-June, he has also heard from Syracuse, Buffalo, Utah, Hofstra, Baylor, Auburn, Marquette, Siena, Michigan State, Albany and Notre Dame, among others.
When Rogers spoke with Weingarten, he said the schools most heavily involved with him right now are Albany, Utah, Notre Dame, New Mexico, Hofstra and Rutgers.
Rogers, originally from Long Island, will be a junior at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Mass., in the 2026-27 campaign. This spring and summer, he played for the Bronx-based PSA Cardinals on Nike’s EYBL circuit.
In that latest AAU season, Rogers averaged 7.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 45.2 percent from the field, 27.3 percent from 3-point range and 83.9 percent from the free-throw line, according to the EYBL Web site.
He was joined on that PSA Cardinals 16U team by three other notable 2028 prospects: five-star wing Kevin Wheatley Jr. of the Masters Academy International in Stow, Mass.; four-star power forward Damian Mojica of The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; and four-star point guard Malik Moore of Iowa United Prep in Des Moines, Iowa.
Syracuse has already re-offered Wheatley. Mojica holds an offer from the Orange and took an unofficial visit to Syracuse in late June. Moore, like Rogers, has been in contact with SU coaches since the 2028 contact period opened on June 15.
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