Uncommon Exposure Recruiting Reports
DFW CAMP
‘Top Prospect’ Report
Player Evaluations, Projected Levels & Rankings on the DFW Camp ‘Top Prospects’ are Assesssed by
Former 20 Year College Coach & Director of UC Exposure Camps ‘Russell “Coach V” Vanlandingham
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6’7 Forward 2026 Yanni Ibikunle | Houston Randle HS 832-971-7722 After Showcasing Being an Elite Level Rebounder In The Houston Camp, Yanni Showed The Offensive Skill Set It Takes To Play Out of the High Post In the DFW Camp by Finishing In The Finals of The Skills Challenge Showing His Offensive Versatility and Ability to Knock Down Perimeter Shots. Although He Fell One Basket Short of Winning The Skills Challenge, He Out Toughed and Out Played Players In The Next Segment Winning The Position Split Competition Going Away. Moving Forward, Yanni Must Commit to Making Sure He’s In Peak Conditioning By The Time District Play Rolls Around To Secure The Highest Potential Offer. Great Kid, Great Student, And The Talent Is There To Work His Way Into a Full Ride This Year Projected Levels: D1 JUCO / NCAA D2
6’4 2 Guard 2026 Elijah Smothers | Lubbock Monterey 806-252-2620 Another Player That Has Elevated His Game In Every Facet Since My Initial Evaluation In a Summer Camp is 3 x ‘Top Prospect’ Elijah Smothers. Elijah Is Going To Surprise Some Folks Early This Season By How Much His Game Has Grown This Summer without the Ball in His Hands. Not Just a 3pt Specialist anymore, He is Rebounding at a Scholarship Level, Finishing Plays Through Contact When Run Off The Line & Consistently Communicates And Leads at a High Level Which Makes Everyone Around Him Better. After Factoring Progress I’ve Seen Personally Since the June Camp, Elijah Is Now Playing Scholarship Level Basketball Heading Into The Season & NAIA & NCAA D2 Programs Should Add This To Your 2026 Recruits To Watch This Season. Projected Levels: Top Ranked NAIA / NCAA D2
6’1 Point Guard 2026 Tre Olatunbosun | Cy Fair HS 713-505-0700 Tre Shows Me Another Facet of His Game That Translates to The College Level Each Time I Get an Opportunity To Evaluate Him In the Small Group College Intense Setting. Last Week In Houston, Tre Showed The Ability To Score at all 3 Levels and Was Started To Make Progress as a Leader. One Week Later in DFW He Continues to Grow His Game And Is Staying Engaged, More Vocal, And Made a lot More Winning Plays Without the Ball In His Hands In DFW. Early Lead On a 2-Way Player Set To Have a Big Sr Season as the Leader of Cy Fair this Year. I Predict Tre Will Head Into The Spring With Genuine Interest And Scholarship Level Offers Due To His On Court Play. Don’t Sleep on this Under Rated PG, He’s Set to Rise In the Ranks in 2025-2026! Projected Levels: D1 JUCO / NCAA D2
6’2 2 Guard 2026 Payton Shawver | Abilene HS 325-370-2567 Deceptive Athlete That Has a Quick First Step And Is At His Best When He Gets Downhill In the Open Court and Half Court. Quick First Step And Playmaker That is Tough To Stop When He Gets In The Paint. Capable of Knocking Down Open ‘3’s’ Which Keeps the Defense Honest and Opens Up Driving Lanes. Payton Doesn’t Know How Good He Can Truly Be If He Stays and Plays In Attack Mode Consistently On Offense and Defense. Has Physical Tools That Is Hard To Teach, And When He Decides To Use His Speed, Athleticism And Explosiveness On The Boards and On Defense His Level of Interest and Recruitment Will Immediately Increase. Great FIT in Up Tempo System That Pushes Off Misses, Looks To Score Quick, And Extends Their Pressure on Defense. Scholarship Level Athlete & Player To Get On Your Radar and Research Early This Season Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NCAA D2
6’8 Small Forward 2026 Wish Lombo | Cy Fair 281-772-9035 Intriguing Big Man That Can Play The 3-5 Positions On Offense and Does a Great Job off the Ball Defensively Changing or Blocking Shots as a 2nd Line Defender. Wish Has Great Instincts and Timing Defensively In Help D Situations That Stands Out In His Favor. Made a lot of Winning Plays That Don’t Show Up on Stat Sheets by Altering Shots or Forcing Bad Shots by Rotating On Defense Off the Ball. D1 Level Athlete That Plays Above The Rim, Had Several Dunks In Traffic both In Fast Break Situations and the HC, and Has the Skill Set To Play On The Perimeter. Stretch 4 That Can Make Plays Off the Bounce, Gets to His Spots, And can Shoot over the Top of the D at 6’8. Once he Starts Taking Advantage of Mismatches when Smaller Wings / SF’s Guard Him He Will be a Much Tougher Matchup For Opposing Defenses And His Recruitment Will Start To Pick Up. Projected Levels: D2 JUCO / D1 JUCO
6’4 Playmaker 2026 Torin Cantu | Rockwall HS 469-786-9120 Not Sure What Position Torin Will Play in College, But Players are Players And Torin Has College Level Upside And The Physical Talent To Play Beyond HS. One of the More Physically Gifted Prospects at the DFW Camp With a College Ready Body, Versatility And ‘Mindset’ it Takes Defensively to Lock Down The Opposing Teams Best Player. Selected 10-6A District Defensive POY His Jr Season And The Foundation is There Offensively To Be More of a Threat on Offense His Sr Season. Needs To Continue To Improve His Overall Perimeter Skill Set and 3pt Shot at 6’4, but does a Great Job Attacking the Paint and Finishing In Traffic or Drawing Fouls. Too Big and Too Strong To Settle for Perimeter Shots, And Had Multiple Opportunities to Post Up Smaller Guards or Attack The Paint Off The Bounce but Stayed Outside the 3pt Line. Soaked Up Coaching So I Expect He Will Be Playing at a Much Higher Level On Both Ends This Year By Playing To His Strengths Projected Levels: D2 JUCO / NAIA
5’11 2 Guard 2026 Pierce Davis | John Paul II 214-803-6756 Pierce is a Knock Down Shooter, With a Quick Release and Is Always Moving Offensively So He Not Only Gets to His Spots, His Ability to Knock Down a High % Beyond the Arc Spaces The Floor For His Team at all Times. Has Shown Tremendous Progress Since The First Camp He Attended Back In June at Making More Plays Without The Ball In His Hands. Must Continue To Elevate All Facets of his Game Without the Ball In his Hands, but brings a Weapon to your Roster with his Ability to Shoot The ‘3’ and Space the Floor. Teams That Shoot a High Volume of 3’s And Run a 5 Out Motion Dribble Drive Attack Should Already Have Pierce on their List of Recruits To Watch in the 2026 Class. Another Prospect That I Can Tell Has Been Putting In Work This Off Season And Will Head Into His Sr Season Playing at a Much Higher Level. Pierce is Set To Breakthrough In 2025-2026 So One To To Track This Fall As He Will Play a Much Bigger Role this Year at John Paul. Projected Levels: D2 JUCO / NCAA D3+
6’4 Playmaker 2026 Sebastian Cooley | Cy Park 832-609-8591 Long Versatile Wing That Plays To His Strengths, Guards the 1-3 On Defense, and Plays Bigger Than 6’4 In the Paint and On the Glass! Sebastian is a Consistent 3pt Shot Away from Not Only Increasing His Recruitment But His Level of Recruitment. Has Good Shot Mechanics, Just Needs To Be Able To Hit Timely Shots To Open Up More Driving Opportunities Which is When He is at His Best. Scholarship Level Playmaker That is Tough To Stop When He Gets Downhill In The Open Court and Half Court, Has a Nice Mid-Range Game and The Size To Shoot Over the Top of the D, and Consistently Competes on the Defensive End. He Continues to Draw More and More Interest from College Coaches, And Will Only Get Better. Big Time Student In the Classroom, Checks all the Boxes off the Court, And One to Get On Your Radar In The Fall. His Stock Will Rise And So Will His Level of Interest so Might as Well Get Eyes On Him Early… Projected Levels: NAIA / NCAA D2
6’1 Combo Guard Caleb Allen 2026 | Bryson HS 940-282-2776 Caleb is a Skilled Combo Guard with a High Basketball IQ That Can Play Both The 1 and 2 Positions with his Court Vision When He’s Playing the PG, and Can Score it in a Variety of Ways When He’s Off the Ball. Has A Good Understanding of When To Shoot, Pass or Drive It and Makes the Right Play Over The Highlight Play. TABC All-State Guard Flying Under The Radar Heading Into His Sr Season Only Due To Playing at a Small HS Where College Level Players Can Get Overlooked. Caleb Took advantage of the Small Group Setting And From Start To Finish Played Consistent Solid Basketball On Both Ends Finishing on ‘Top’ In DFW vs 5A and 6A Talent. Regardless of Playing at a Small School, Caleb Has College Level Potential, a College Ready Body And Is Flying Under The Radar Heading Into the Season. Sleeper To Get on Your Class of 2026 Watch List this Fall Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NAIA
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