Stock-rising 2026 guard Jordan Smith Jr. received a pair of Tobacco Road offers in one weekend.
Five-star prospect Jordan Smith Jr. attends Paul VI Catholic High School , which has produced four Duke basketball players this decade: Jeremy Roach and Trevor Keels, along with 2024-25 Blue Devil freshmen Patrick Ngongba II and Darren Harris. Yet despite the pipeline that archrival Jon Scheyer enjoys in Durham, UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis has officially entered the Jordan Smith Jr. sweepstakes.
what ultimately unfolded in the growing race, although his "down the road" timeline was a bit off considering it was only hours after Cassidy published his article when Duke extended an offer and a couple of days later when UNC followed suit: "Louisville, Providence, Miami, Syracuse, Houston, Michigan, and others are all involved with Smith. Expect to see some blueblood involvement down the road, however, as nearby Duke and North Carolina have been kicking the tires on the guard's recruitment through backchannels."Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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