FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) — His dad may have been a football star but Vernon Carey Jr. is taking a different path.
A high school basketball center, Carey has committed to Duke.
Carey said during a nationally televised ceremony at his high school Thursday that he chose the Blue Devils over North Carolina and Michigan State.
The 6-foot-10 Carey is rated as the nation’s No. 2 center in the 2019 recruiting class by 247sports.com, and will become the latest blue-chip big man to play at Duke.
Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. starred on last year’s team while Zion Williamson has taken over that role this season.