Darryn Peterson is going to Lawrence, Kansas there is no way around it.
The five-star guard — the best in his class at the position — has committed to Kansas for college before his final year of high school, he said on Friday.
“This was a very hard decision,” said Peterson during a media interview with ESPN after coming to his decision. “At the end of the day, Bill Self and their program did it.” In my mind and in my stomach I was rooting for Kansas.
The 17-year-old Peterson is a student of Prolific Prep in California, he transferred from the Huntington Prep of West Virginia that has well known for producing some wannabes of NBA such as Andrew Wiggins, Miles Bridges, Keldon Johnson, and Jonathan Kuminga.
Said to have been born and raised in Ohio, the Class of 2025 6-foot-5 wing Peterson reportedly had an official visit with Kansas University on June 23, Rivals.
Rivals also has Peterson as the No. 3 of the best among the Class of 2025 recruits.
Other teams that extended their invitations to Peterson include Kansas State and Ohio, Kentucky, and the USC teams.
The Jayhawks are coming in two years straight off of the second round of the NCAA Tournament but the are only three years removed from their last NCAA Championship.
