Wildcats add to riches in 2017 recruiting classic with pledge from five-star shooting guard.
Video: Hamidou Diallo highlightsPutnam Science Academy star shined at City of Palms Classic last month.Kentucky added to its top-ranked recruiting class Saturday with a pledge from five-star prospect
Hamidou Diallo of
Putnam Science Academy (Putnam, Conn.).
247Sports has the 6-foot-5, 195-pound guard pegged as the No. 10 overall player in the Class of 2017. Diallo also considered Connecticut and had offers from Arizona, Indiana and Syracuse among others.
Diallo's pledge gives the Wildcats their sixth 2017 commitment and fifth five-star, joining 6-11 center
Nick Richards of
Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.), forwards
P.J. Washington of
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) and
Jarred Vanderbilt of
Victory Prep (Houston) and guards
Quade Green of
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) and
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of
Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
All six are rated in the Top 50 of the 247Sports Composite.
A native of New York, Diallo is actually NBA Draft eligible due to the fact that he has already completed high school requirements and is spending the year in prep school. There has been plenty of
speculation and buzz that he might make the jump.
He returned home Saturday to the Big Apple to make the announcement in front of family and friends.
For now, it appears one of the nation's top guards is headed to Lexington.
John Calipari has added Hamidou Diallo to UK's 2017 recruiting class.
Photo by Jim Redman
