Syracuse basketball is officially in the hunt for one of the nation’s premier young wings.
Mason Collins, a 2028 five-star prospect, said Sunday evening on his X page that he had picked up a scholarship offer from the Orange. The 6-foot-6 wing is ranked among the top 10 players nationally in his class, and Syracuse has been tracking him since the contact period for his cycle opened on June 15.
Collins had already been on the radar of the previous Syracuse staff under then-head coach Adrian Autry, and the new group led by first-year head coach Gerry McNamara has kept the momentum going. His offer list is already loaded with high-major programs, including Florida State, Notre Dame, Georgetown, N.C.
State, Villanova, Virginia and South Carolina. He has also heard from a number of other major programs since June 15.
The timing of the offer lines up with a busy stretch for Collins on the international and AAU stages. Earlier this month, he helped the United States U17 national team win gold at the 2026 FIBA World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey. Last summer, he was part of the USA Basketball U16 national team that captured gold at the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup in Juarez, Mexico.
Collins attends The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Del., after previously playing at the Christ School in Arden, N.C. During the 2025-26 season, he earned honorable mention recognition for the MaxPreps sophomore All-America teams after putting up 17.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 3.1 blocks and 2.9 steals per game.
He’s also been productive this spring and summer on Nike’s EYBL circuit with the 16U team of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Team CP3. Over the weekend, the EYBL held a session in Las Vegas during an NCAA-permitted live period on the AAU circuits, and Syracuse’s staff was there along with SU legend Carmelo Anthony.
In Las Vegas, Collins averaged 19.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 57.8 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 64.7 percent from the free-throw line.
For the full AAU season so far, he’s averaging 13.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 45.6 percent overall, 36.0 percent from deep and 65.6 percent at the line.
Since McNamara took over on the Hill, Syracuse has extended offers to several 2028 prospects and has also shown interest in others in the class.
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