Yaxel Lendeborg recruiting class: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes headline NBA players grouped in with Michigan star
Some of the biggest names in Yaxel Lendeborg's high school recruiting class have already been in the NBA for five years.
Yaxel Lendeborg recruiting class: Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes headline NBA players grouped in with Michigan star originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The freshman class in college basketball this season was one of the greatest ever, from Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer on down.
In a twist of fate, it could be a team led by a sixth-year senior that cuts down the nets when all is said and done. Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg is in his first and only season in Ann Arbor, but he entered the college ranks at the same time as some players who have already been in the NBA for five seasons. Lendeborg's journey didn't begin like any of the blue-chip prospects in his recruiting class, but it could end with a national championship.
Here's a look back at the surprising names from Lendeborg's 2020 recruiting class. MORE: Inside Michigan's Final Four history Yaxel Lendeborg recruiting class Lendeborg finished up high school in 2020, but he didn't generate offers in the Division I ranks after academic eligibility issues limited him to only 11 high school games. He instead committed to junior college Arizona Western, where he started to play his best basketball and put himself on the radar of Division I programs.
Several other players who are now brand names in the NBA were part of Lendeborg's 2020 recruiting class, and their paths have been much more straightforward. Here are some of them, ranked by 247 Sports composite rankings. Rank Player School 1 Cade Cunningham Oklahoma State 2 Jalen Green None 3 Evan Mobley USC 4 Jonathan Kuminga None 7 Scottie Barnes Florida State 11 Jalen Suggs Gonzaga 13 Jalen Johnson Duke 14 Caleb Love North Carolina 22 Walker Kessler North Carolina 28 Mark Williams Duke 43 Hunter Dickinson Michigan 46 Moses Moody Arkansas 50 RJ Davis North Carolina MORE: Why Yaxel Lendeborg turned down more money from Kentucky Cade Cunningham In Lendeborg's defense, Cunningham is actually a full year older than the Michigan star, but the two came out of high school at the same time.
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