{"id":23612,"date":"2022-07-23T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T21:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-north-carolina-tar-heels-basketball-commit-gg-jackson-reclassifies-to-2022-class-commits-to-south-carolina-gamecocks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T21:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T21:09:45","slug":"former-north-carolina-tar-heels-basketball-commit-gg-jackson-reclassifies-to-2022-class-commits-to-south-carolina-gamecocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-north-carolina-tar-heels-basketball-commit-gg-jackson-reclassifies-to-2022-class-commits-to-south-carolina-gamecocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Former North Carolina Tar Heels basketball commit GG Jackson reclassifies to 2022 class, commits to South Carolina Gamecocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Elite rising senior GG Jackson announced his commitment to South Carolina on Saturday, less than two weeks after he decommitted from North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson announced on Twitter that he will reclassify to the 2022 class and join first-year head coach Lamont Paris&#8217; Gamecocks program for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-9 forward from Ridge View High School in Columbia, South Carolina, Jackson is ranked No.  6 in the ESPN 100 for 2023.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>He averaged 12.9 points and 9.8 rebounds on the Nike EYBL circuit last spring and summer, and he is putting up 12.1 points and 9.4 rebounds through 14 games on the circuit this season.  During his junior high school season, he averaged 22.1 points and 10.9 rebounds, earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors in South Carolina.  Jackson was also named MVP of the prestigious NBPA Top 100 Camp last month after averaging 14.0 points and 9.2 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson announced on July 14 that he was decommitting from North Carolina, becoming the first Tar Heels commit to do so in nearly 20 years;  JR Smith committed to the Tar Heels in 2003, but opted to go straight to the NBA out of high school.  No player in the modern recruiting era has decommitted from the Tar Heels and gone elsewhere for college.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elite rising senior GG Jackson announced his commitment to South Carolina on Saturday, less than two weeks after he decommitted from North Carolina. Jackson announced on Twitter that he will reclassify to the 2022 class and join first-year head coach Lamont Paris&#8217; Gamecocks program for the upcoming season. A 6-foot-9 forward from Ridge View High &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/former-north-carolina-tar-heels-basketball-commit-gg-jackson-reclassifies-to-2022-class-commits-to-south-carolina-gamecocks\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Former North Carolina Tar Heels basketball commit GG Jackson reclassifies to 2022 class, commits to South Carolina Gamecocks<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[7592,46],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14863,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-6-prospect-gg-jackson-becomes-first-recruit-to-decommit-from-north-carolina-mens-basketball-program-since-2003\/","url_meta":{"origin":23612,"position":0},"title":"no.  6 prospect GG Jackson becomes first recruit to decommit from North Carolina men&#8217;s basketball program since 2003","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Elite rising senior GG Jackson has decommitted from North Carolina, he announced via social media on Thursday.Jackson becomes the first prospect to decommit from North Carolina in nearly 20 years; JR Smith committed to the Tar Heels in 2003, but opted to go straight to the NBA out of high\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23899,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gg-jackson-commits-to-south-carolina-reclassifies-to-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":23612,"position":1},"title":"GG Jackson commits to South Carolina, reclassifies to 2022","date":"July 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The No. 1 overall player in the 2023 class, GG Jacksonhas committed to South Carolina. 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