West Virginia’s search for point guard help in the 2027 class still has Micah Gordon firmly in the mix.
The Mountaineers have long been comfortable going after smaller guards, and Gordon fits that mold while also giving them a live relationship to work with. WVU offered him more than a year ago, and he also visited during Ross Hodge’s first season. If Javion Tyndale lands elsewhere, Gordon appears to be a name West Virginia can keep pushing for without missing a beat.
Gordon, a 5-foot-10 guard from Plainfield, New Jersey, has built his profile the hard way: production, versatility and a strong summer run. MaxPreps named him New Jersey’s player of the year after he averaged 24.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.9 steals per game for Plainfield High, which repeated as state champion.
He later moved to Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, and the recruiting industry has kept climbing on him ever since. Gordon has been a top-50 player in the class since February, cracked the top 40 last month and now sits at No. 34 overall, No. 9 among point guards and No. 2 in Ohio.
“Micah Gordon has been one of the biggest names this year from his play during the high school season and AAU,” 247Sports basketball recruiting analyst Dushawn London said. “While he is a smaller guard, Gordon is a high-level athlete who can play above the rim, shoot the ball, get downhill and is a high-level playmaker.”
That reputation only got stronger in the Nike EYBL circuit. Gordon turned heads in Las Vegas earlier this summer with a 29-point game in a win over a team featuring Beckham Black, the No. 1 player in the class. He then carried that momentum into Peach Jam, where he averaged 17.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game to close out the summer season.
The highlights from Peach Jam show exactly why so many programs are chasing him. For West Virginia, he remains one of the more intriguing guards on the board.
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