Class of 2025 five-star prospect Darryn Peterson will make his long-awaited college commitment Friday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS Sports HQ and the 247Sports channel on YouTube. Peterson, a 6-foot-5 combo guard who is ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the recruiting class, will choose between finalists Kansas, Kansas State, Ohio State and USC.
You can watch the announcement live in the video at the top of this page, on the CBS Sports App or via your connected device (Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV).Â
Ranked as the No. 1 player at his position, Peterson has drawn nearly two dozen offers from colleges across the country the last several years in his rise to star prospect. He trimmed his list earlier this summer and narrowed his options again recently, and has made official visits to each of his four finalists.
Peterson is a product of Prolific Prep of Napa, California, which over the years has produced numerous first-round NBA Draft picks. He appears to be next in a long line because of his positional size and modern-day impact on the game from the guard position. Here’s what 247Sports’ Adam Finkelstein wrote of him in his evaluation earlier this summer:
Peterson is a big guard with good positional size, length, and strength. He’s 6-foot-5, with a 6-foot-10 wingspan, and a cut-up and defined frame. What differentiates him most though is an effortless ability to score and make plays from a variety of spots on the floor, all within the flow of the game.
Peterson is extremely versatile. He’s a true combo guard who is equally effective playing on or off the ball. He has natural poise as a handler with now only rare moments when he can be rattled by pressure from smaller guards. He’s also a true multi-level scorer who can simultaneously see the floor, make reads, and pass well. He has a very smooth pull-up game, can overpower most opposing guards off the dribble, take smaller defenders into the post, and also thrive in ball-screens. His understanding of how to get to his spots is second to none and that’s why he’s such an efficient scorer, even in high volume, especially inside the arc (24 points per game in 3SSB play on 50% shooting from the floor and 57% on two-point field goals). He also has good natural instincts and has already developed an NBA caliber intellect when it comes to drawing fouls and getting easy points at the free-throw line.
According to 247Sports, Kansas is favorite to secure Peterson leading into the decision Friday night but Kansas State, USC and Ohio State are all premium programs with immense resources who could make things interesting down to the wire. Only one of the four finalists for Peterson — Ohio State — has landed verbal commitments from prospects in the cycle thus far.Â