[caption id="attachment_14338" align="alignright" width="150"]<a href="https://www.vcuramnation.com/2015/09/vcu-lands-top-60-recruit-deriante-jenkins/cpsjcprxaaehggo/" rel="attachment wp-att-14338"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-14338" src="https://www.vcuramnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CPSjCPRXAAEhggO-150x150.jpg" alt="De'Riante Jenkins becomes VCU's third highest rated recruit ever and Will Wade's first top-100 signing as VCU head coach." width="150" height="150" /></a> De'Riante Jenkins becomes VCU's third highest rated recruit ever and Will Wade's first top-100 signing as VCU head coach.[/caption]
It's a long offseason, so we decided to catch up with 2016 Freshman De'Riante Jenkins. He just cracked the Top 60 of the final ESPN 2016 recruiting rankings at #59, and is Will Wade's highest rated recruit. He comes to VCU having just finished a post-grad season with Hargrave Military Academy, a team which just <a href="http://hargravesports.com/news/2016/3/10/postgraduate-basketball-hargrave-wins-2016-national-prep-championship.aspx" target="_blank">won the 2016 National Prep Championship</a>, of which Jenkins was named tournament MVP.
De'Riante talks about his decision to choose VCU over other major programs - Tennessee, Clemson, Rutgers, Indiana, LSU, South Carolina, VCU, Georgia, Missouri and Georgia Tech. He also discusses his incredibly close relationship with his mother, which makes this one of my favorite interviews in recent years.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/164793582" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Thanks to <a href="http://www.MakePlayz.com" target="_blank">MakePlayz.com</a> for the highlight footage!
It's a long offseason, so we decided to catch up with 2016 Freshman De'Riante Jenkins. He just cracked the Top 60 of the final ESPN 2016 recruiting rankings at #59, and is Will Wade's highest rated recruit. He comes to VCU having just finished a post-grad season with Hargrave Military Academy, a team which just <a href="http://hargravesports.com/news/2016/3/10/postgraduate-basketball-hargrave-wins-2016-national-prep-championship.aspx" target="_blank">won the 2016 National Prep Championship</a>, of which Jenkins was named tournament MVP.
De'Riante talks about his decision to choose VCU over other major programs - Tennessee, Clemson, Rutgers, Indiana, LSU, South Carolina, VCU, Georgia, Missouri and Georgia Tech. He also discusses his incredibly close relationship with his mother, which makes this one of my favorite interviews in recent years.
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/164793582" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Thanks to <a href="http://www.MakePlayz.com" target="_blank">MakePlayz.com</a> for the highlight footage!