UCF landed a dedication Monday from former four-star guard Dior Johnson, who as soon as ranked because the No. 53 total participant within the 2022 recruiting cycle by 247Sports. Johnson performed this previous season at Clarendon Group Faculty in Texas and was the top-ranked JUCO participant within the 247Sports rankings.Â
Johnson initially dedicated to Syracuse in highschool earlier than flipping his dedication to Oregon months later. Johnson signed his Nationwide Letter of Intent with the Geese earlier than asking out simply 5 months earlier than the beginning of the 2022-23 season.
After Oregon granted his launch, Johnson signed with Pitt. His faculty transiency reminded specialists of his highschool days, as Johnson was related to 9 totally different excessive faculties as a prospect.Â
Johnson by no means performed a recreation with at Pitt after he was suspended from after being charged on October 6, 2022 for accounts of aggravated assault, strangulation, illegal restraint, easy assault and false imprisonment. Johnson pleaded responsible to 2 misdemeanor fees and was sentenced to a 12 months of probation.
If Johnson certainly fits up at UCF, it will likely be his first collegiate basketball recreation.Â
Johnson is predicted to headline a new-look roster at UCF that options former four-star guard Mikey Williams. The previous Memphis guard by no means appeared in a recreation and pleaded responsible in November to a gun cost which will result in six felony counts being lowered to misdemeanors if he meets the phrases of his plea settlement.Â
UCF may also welcome Moustapha Thiam to campus after the four-star middle reclassified as much as be part of the Knights for the 2024-25 season. Thiam ranked because the No. 39 total participant within the 2024 recruiting rankings by 247Sports.