UConn added another major piece to its 2027 class on Sunday, landing Jordan Page, a five-star wing from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Page, a 6-foot-5 prospect ranked No. 10 in the class by 247Sports, made his commitment public live on NBA TV after his IMG Academy team dropped a preseason thriller in overtime.
“I’ll be going to UConn with Dan Hurley,” Page said on the broadcast.
The decision gives the Huskies a second five-star in the 2027 group, joining 6-foot-3 point guard NaVorro Bowman Jr., who sits at No. 11 in 247Sports’ rankings. According to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, it marks UConn’s first class with two ESPN five-stars in at least 20 years.
Page, who is from Raleigh just like Big East Preseason Player of the Year Silas Demary Jr., picked UConn over a push from Michael Malone and the North Carolina Tar Heels. He visited UNC a week before making the trip to Storrs.
Asked why he chose the Huskies, Page pointed straight to the program’s identity.
“The culture,” was the reason he committed, Page said. “What (Hurley) said to me was, ‘hats and rings,’ you got lottery picks and the rings, they win championships.
So I would love to be in a winning culture for sure… It means the world to me. This is a dream.
Since I’ve been little I’ve been working for it every day and I’ve just got to keep working. This ain’t gonna be the stopping point.”
Page and Bowman already have some history together on the international stage. The two won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the FIBA U17 World Cup this past summer.
Across six games, Page averaged 9.8 points in 16.0 minutes, shot 69.7% from the field and went 1-for-4 from three. He also finished the tournament with 10 rebounds, 13 assists and four steals.
247Sports director of scouting Adam Finkelstein described Page as “a physically gifted southpaw wing with a versatile two-way floor game.”
In his report, Finkelstein wrote that Page is long, strong and athletic, with a nearly 6-foot-11 wingspan, and said he can finish hard in transition, attack straight-line drives and elevate into mid-range pull-ups. He also noted that Page is still developing as a perimeter shooter, but is “a willing passer and ball-mover around the perimeter” and an excellent off-ball cutter.
Finkelstein called him a “natural connector” on offense and said he has a “chance to be elite” defensively because of his length and physicality.
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