As Iowa basketball battles for prized 2027 five-star point guard recruit Cayden Daughtry, the 6-foot-1, 155-pound point guard from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., continues to garner praise nationally.
247Sports’ national basketball director Eric Bossi compared Daughtry’s summer emergence to NBA greats Trae Young and Steph Curry.
“Right now, Cayden Daughtry is in the midst of, if we’re talking about production-wise, one of the most incredible summers before a senior season that we’ve ever seen from a point guard and it is very reminiscent of Trae Young’s summer of 2016 with MOKAN Elite. He absolutely blew up the EYBL circuit, won a Peach Jam…
“And with Daughtry, we’re talking about a guy who is not only leading the EYBL in scoring but I also think is second in assists. He’s just been tearing it up. Over Memorial Day, he was great. At the USA trials, he was fantastic,” Bossi said on “The Assist with Kyle Tucker.”
In his first 14 Nike EYBL games this summer, Daughtry averaged 25.6 points, 6.0 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game on 55% field goal shooting. Daughtry then went for 32 points, nine assists and seven steals in his first Peach Jam game.
“Daughtry also shows some flashes of Steph Curry in his game at times if we’re being honest, especially when he’s on from three. I’m not saying he’s either of those guys, but you can see the influence in them,” Bossi said.
On3’s Joe Tipton reported last month that Daughtry will take an official visit to Iowa on Sept. 12, which is the weekend of the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series football game between Iowa and Iowa State.
According to 247Sports, Daughtry is ranked as the No. 9 prospect nationally, as the No. 3 point guard and as the No. 5 player in Florida in the 2027 class.
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