Georgia Tech Basketball Moves Into Top 20 of Recruiting Rankings With Addition of Darrion Sutton

Sutton is rated as a top 100 player nationally

It has been a pretty good week for Georgia Tech Athletics. 

Basketball is 8-3 and improving with every game, Football just won the first bowl game, and Damon Stoudamire just added to the Yellow Jackets 2024 recruiting class with a top 100 player in forward Darrion Sutton. 

With the addition of Sutton, Georgia Tech jumped up to No. 19 in the 2024 recruiting class in the country according to 247Sports. That is good for No. 4 in the ACC, behind only Duke, North Carolina, and Miami. Stoudamire has brought in three talented players and Sutton is one of them. 

Darrion Sutton is a top-100 player nationally  / 247Sports- Credit: Alex Streff

Perhaps most impressive for landing Sutton was who he chose the Yellow Jackets over. The other finalists for Sutton included Kansas, Michigan, and Florida State. Recruiting big-time players and beating out big programs is going to be one of the keys for Stoudamire to turn this program around and he is delivering results. 

Georgia Tech has already signed two players to their 2024 class, Jaeden Mustaf and Cole Kirouac.

Mustaf is ranked No. 48 overall in the 247Sports composite ranking, and No. 6 at his position. He earned all-state honors last season at Carmel Christian School, leading the Cougars to a 28-4 record and a berth in the state championship game. He averaged 15.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists. He began his prep career at legendary DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., where his father attended. There, he averaged 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists as a sophomore. He also enjoyed a standout summer on the Nike EYBL Circuit in 2023 and was named MVP of the 2022 Adidas 3SSB 17U Championship.

Ranked No. 31 among centers and No. 182 overall in the 247Sports composite ranking, Kirouac attended North Forsyth High School in Cumming, where he was named honorable mention all-state and also to the 6A Region 8 all-region team for his play throughout the 2022-23 season. Kirouac made the 6A Region 8 all-tournament team for his performance in the postseason and was selected to play in the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association all-star game after the season. For the 2022-23 season, he averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, and two blocked shots per game. He played AAU ball for the Atlanta Xpress and finished fifth in rebounding on the UA Next Circuit in 2023 (8.2 RPG).

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