Robert Dillingham would like to play with DJ Wagner at Kentucky. (Twitter Photo)
Robert Dillingham’s verbal commitment to Kentucky last week gives coach John Calipari two guards in his 2023 recruiting class as he already had a commitment from North Laurel star Reed Sheppard, the son of former UK Final Four MVP Jeff Sheppard.
Dillingham is rated a top five overall player in the 2023 recruiting class by ESPN and No. 2 point guard. Sheppard is No. 29 overall in the ESPN rankings and 17th in the Rivals ratings.
The best news for UK is that Dillingham told ESPN’s Paul Biancardi he already knows Sheppard.
“I have known him since we were younger. He’s got sneaky bounce and is a knock-down shooter,” Dillingham told Biancardi.
Kentucky is also recruiting guard DJ Wagner, the No. 1 player in the 2023 class. However, Wagner’s grandfather, Milt, was recently hired at Louisville and was on the 1986 Louisville national championship team with Kenny Payne, Louisville’s news coach.
Dillingham wants to play with Wagner.
“I really feel we could feed off each other by scoring and making assists,” Dillingham told Biancardi. “We could easily play together and learn from each other. DJ is crazy good. He is one of the toughest players I have seen. A shot-maker and scorer.”
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Wagner will be a Louisville commit. Our Hall of Fame coach needs to find some bigs for 2023. Maybe the transfer portal will bring some our way.
My buddy Jack Pilgrim of KSR says lot of good signs for Wagner to UK….
I don’t know many kids who would say NO to their grandfather, especially with the pedigree that this grandfather has. We are solid at the guard spots for 2023. Calipari needs to focus on bringing some beef to the team.
Cal has obviously made some significant changes in recruiting strategies. I am looking forward to watching how this plays out for the next couple seasons. For sure the two guards he has already added makes a great foundation for the next class!!
This class could possibly be the best class Coach Cal has ever assembled. A super class!
As of now, DJ can’t go to UofL. NCAA rules. They are already fighting it though.
Not sure that is right Craig. I think Louisville was pretty careful in way they worded Milt’s hiring