Kentucky is the early favorite to land a 2025 five-star guard

Kentucky has a good shot to land this talented five-star guard.

Coach Calipari and the Kentucky coaching staff are starting to dial in on who they want in the 2025 recruiting class.

Kentucky has had a bunch of talented visitors in the 2025 class come to campus over the past few months, which is how Coach Calipari will get his foot in the door when it comes to landing some of these guys. 

One of the players who Kentucky is after is five-star guard Jasper Johnson. He is ranked 12th in On'3 composite rankings but would be much higher if On3 didn't have him ranked 26th in their own rankings. The 6'4, 170-pound guard is a local kid whose dad played football for Kentucky. Johnson has been on recent visits to North Carolina and Auburn, but Kentucky seems to have a lead in his recruitment. On3's recruiting prediction machine gives the Wildcats a 22.3% chance to land the skilled guard.  

Here is the scouting report on Johnson from Adam Finkelstein of 247Sports, "Jasper Johnson is a southpaw scoring guard who has spurts of extreme tough shot-making when he gets hot. He has a super soft natural touch and is very crafty around the lane with a deep bag of runners, floaters, and other types of finishes, in addition to the jumpers and step-backs he’s capable of making from the perimeter. Physically, Johnson is lean, but he’s very long with a recorded +5 wingspan. In addition to building up his body, he also needs to learn to impact the game more when the ball isn’t in his hands, or more specifically, when he’s not on one of his scoring sprees."

With Johnson's father playing football at Kentucky, Coach Calipari needs to make sure that he is a part of the Wildcats 2025 recruiting class. It would be awful hard to watch this kid play for UNC or Auburn knowing his ties to Kentucky.