The Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program has officially signed class of 2025 guards Acaden Lewis and Jasper Johnson, the school announced Thursday.
Lewis, a 6-foot-2 lefty point guard from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., is a consensus top-50 prospect ranked as high as 20th overall by Rivals.
“Acaden Lewis is so much of what you want to find in a great point guard,” Kentucky head coach Mark Pope said in a press release. “He has incredible vision. He’s got a beautiful stroke. He can get to the rim and finish, can make every pass, and already understands the probing nature of a point guard. He has this calm, hungry, unemotional demeanor that you look forward to in a leader. I would say he has some Anthony Epps-qualities of being a calm, tough, banner-hanging leader that gets us really excited.
“Acaden is one of the most popular players in this entire class, and everyone wants to play with him. I absolutely love the fact that he has earned this, from being a lightly recruited prospect to a guy who everyone was chasing this summer.”
Johnson, a 6-foot-4 combo guard and Lexington native, now plays at Overtime Elite in Atlanta, Georgia. He’s a consensus top-30 recruit ranked as high as 13th overall by ESPN and 247 Sports.
“Jasper Johnson is the most dangerous scorer in all of high school basketball,” said Pope. “He has a panache and a flair that is going to be loved by all of BBN. He has a fearless mindset on the court and is also a massive gravity player, where the whole defense has to shift out to him at 27 feet. His family has a great legacy here at Kentucky and he may just write the most profound chapter of them all.
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That gives Kentucky three signatures for the early signing period after center Malachi Moreno signed with the Cats on Wednesday.