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LSU basketball coach Will Wade signed three of his four commitments for the 2027 class on national signing day on Wednesday, rounding out the day with four-star center Xavier Young (6-foot-10, 250 pounds) of Faith Family Academy of Oak Cliff, Texas, in the Dallas area.
Young is the No. 20 prospect in the country by 247sports.com, the No. 5 center and No. 2 player in Texas. He also plays for Texas Impact AAU circuit and averaged 10.4 points and 7.8 rebounds, making 61 percent of his field goal attempts.
“Xavier Young is going to be a great addition to our basketball program at LSU,” Wade said. “Xavier has a strong low post presence, outstanding hands, agility and he is able to finish plays with force.”
247sports.com and On3.com list Young as a four-star prospect, while ESPN has him as a five star.
Young helped lead the United States to the gold medal in the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey. In seven games, he averaged 7.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists a contest. In October of this year, he participated in the USA Men’s Junior National Team minicamp in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Earlier Wednesday, Wade signed five-star Reese Alston, the No. 1 point guard in the nation from Houston Second Baptist in Houston, and four-star combination guard King Gibson of SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.
Four-star Ahmad Hudson, the No. 3 power forward in the nation from Ruston, is committed to LSU, but has not signed yet.
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