Juwan Howard didn't have to look very far to get his next pledge, as FL Forward Jace Howard became the fifth commitment of the 2020 class. This was more formality than actual recruitment, as Michigan was easily the best option on the table for the younger Howard, who held a handful of mid-major offers prior to his father taking the lead job in Ann Arbor. GURU RANKINGS Rivals ESPN 24/7 Endless Motor 3 /SF NR 3 , #250 overall #43 SF, #22 FL 3 /PF 24/7 is the most bullish, placing Howard as a top 250 prospect nationally. Rivals and Endless Motor agree on the generic 3 range, although Rivals views Jace as more of a wing than power-forward. Declining manpower dictates that ESPN has not bothered with evaluation or ranking of any sort. It is agreed that he sits at 6’7 and in the 200-210 pound range. SCOUTING Jace has the look of a program player that will be a solid glue-guy on both ends of the court. Offensively, he’s a combo-forward that is more PF than SF in terms of skillset. Ho
Two tournaments dropped the high-profile boys’ high school team from their schedules, as players and their parents consider other options not associated with West.