Kentucky Basketball will face a familiar name tonight in Mississippi State forward DJ Jeffries. At one time, Jeffries was a future Wildcat, the first commitment in John Calipari’s 2019 recruiting class. Jeffries committed to Kentucky over Mississippi State in March of 2018 near the end of his junior year of high school as the No. 26 player in America and No. 1 player in Mississippi.
It was a lifelong dream to play for Calipari, Jeffries said of his place at Kentucky.
However, Jeffries’ time in Big Blue Nation was short-lived as he pulled his commitment to Calipari’s basketball program months later in the summer before his senior year of high school.