Kentucky’s roster for the 2020-21 boasts a wide variety of high-profile transfers, five-star recruits, and under-the-radar prospects among newcomers, along with the return of second-year forwards Keion Brooks Jr. and Dontaie Allen.
A common theme among the group? Length with elite shot-blocking abilities.
Five-star freshman Isaiah Jackson – listed at 6-foot-10, 205 pounds – averaged 7.7 blocks per game as a senior at Waterford Mott, while four-star freshman Cam’Ron Fletcher – 6-foot-6, 215 pounds – averaged 2.7 blocks per game at Vashon High School. Four-star forward Lance Ware – 6-foot-9, 223 pounds – also averaged 1.3 blocks as a senior at Camden High School and 2.