Breaking:5-Star Jasper Johnson commits to Kentucky basketball 2025 recruiting class,He explains his Reason for Committing….
VERSAILLES — Mark Pope and his first-year Kentucky basketball coaching staff are 2 for 2 keeping the best 2025 prospects the Bluegrass has to offer from leaving the state’s borders.
Jasper Johnson, the top-ranked player in the state in the 2025 class, committed to UK on Thursday. He picked Kentucky over his four other finalists: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisville and North Carolina. Johnson announced his commitment to the Wildcats during a Thursday afternoon ceremony at the Woodford County High School gym.
He’s a UK legacy: Johnson is the son of star defensive lineman Dennis Johnson, who now is Woodford County’s athletics director and head football coach. A Lexington native, the younger Johnson led Woodford County to the KHSAA Sweet 16 in 2023, marking the school’s first appearance in the event since 1986. “This is where I really started. … Whenever my dad got the job here, this was like my second home,” Jasper said. “I grew up in Lexington, but this is not too far away. A lot of long nights in th
