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UNC Recruiting Roundup 10/12: Updates on basketball, football programs

By Blake Cockrum

Jan 9, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams gives direction to his team during the first half of a game against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. North Carolina won 84-73. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams gives direction to his team during the first half of a game against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome. North Carolina won 84-73. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports /
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Elite 2016 small forward Kevin Knox evaluating UNC

Throughout the recruitment of Kevin Knox, the Tar Heels have made it no secret that he’s their top target in the class of 2017.

The elite small forward was tabbed by UNC as a player that could come in and immediately help fill a need for the Tar Heels.

Working with the assumption that current UNC small forward Justin Jackson leaves after his junior season, the Tar Heels will need a skilled player to step into the role and flourish. The Heels believe that player is Knox.

“Basically when I go in I’m not going to have anyone at my position because Justin Jackson is probably going to leave after this year, so I can step in and contribute early,” Knox told Scout. “They have a lot of good guys, Joel Berry, Tony Bradley and Kennedy Meeks, they are going to be good this year. I’d be able to step in and contribute early so that’s basically what his message has been to me.”

Knox went on to say that he would be keeping an eye on Jackson and how the Tar Heels’ coaching staff utilizes him this season. “I’m going to watch his game closely,” Knox said. “That’s something that I’ll look at.”

Knox eliminated all but four teams when he announced that his finalists were Duke, Florida State, Kentucky and North Carolina.

https://twitter.com/kevin_knox23/status/779127484428197888

He will visit Duke in late October for the first of his four official visits before taking trips to Florida State and Kentucky after the early signing period.

The last of Knox’s four official visits will be to UNC in early February.

Knox is a consensus top 10 recruit and one of the elite small forwards in the 2017 class. Current projections have Knox choosing Duke in a landslide over Kentucky and North Carolina.

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