Five-star guard Jaden Bradley is scheduled to announce his college choice Thursday, but the Arizona Wildcats are not expected to land him.
Until Thursday afternoon, 247's Crystal Ball had only predictions for North Carolina and Arizona but Alabama has emerged as a favorite.
Jaden Bradley, the No. 8 overall prospect and the No. 1 point guard in the ESPN 100, will be making his commitment today Thursday, September 30th at 6 PM ET on @SportsCenter Twitter. He will choose between Alabama, Arizona, Gonzaga, Flordia State & Kentucky. @JBsmoovve
— Paul Biancardi (@PaulBiancardi) September 30, 2021
In June, Bradley became the first official visitor UA had had since Bennedict Mathurin and Ziaire Williams toured campus in November 2019.
Bradley took spring and summer visits to Michigan, Alabama and North Carolina. Bradley’s father, Nate, said via text message in June that UA coach Tommy Lloyd had been recruiting Jaden for Gonzaga for seven or eight months before he took over the Wildcats in April, and UA assistant coach Steve Robinson also had a connection from his days at UNC.
“We see him as a great teacher and player developer inside a head coach’s body,” Nate Bradley said of Lloyd.
Bradley is from Rochester, New York, and now playing for Florida's IMG Academy.
Arizona is known to have offered scholarships to only four U.S.-based class of 2022 players: Bradley, Dylan Anderson, Shaedon Sharpe and Collin Chandler. Anderson committed to the Wildcats in April, while Sharpe picked Kentucky and Chandler remains undecided (but also may take an LDS mission before college).
