Mark Pope is silencing those who said he can't recruit.
The second newly hired Kentucky Coach Mark Pope took the job one of the first players he targeted in the 2025 recruiting class was five-star guard Jasper Johnson. The 6'4 guard is a perfect fit for Coach Pope's system as he is a knockdown shooter and can make some really tough shots.
For a while, it looked like Johnson was Alabama bound, but Coach Pope and his staff were able to get back in the race and eventually get the job done landing Johnson. The sharpshooting guard chose the Wildcats over Alabama and North Carolina. Knowing Johnson is from just outside of Lexington in Woodford County, it would have been painful to watch him play for another school, especially in the SEC.
Johnson is going to be a star in Lexington, and now he has teamed up with another in-state recruit, Malachi Moreno, giving the Wildcats two elite 2025 commits. Recruiting starts in state and Coach Pope has knocked that out of the park early into his time as Kentucky's head coach."Johnson is a southpaw scoring guard with solid positional size at 6-foot-4, a long 6-foot-8-inch wingspan, and a still lean frame.
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