4-Star F/G Tarris Bouie Includes NC State in Top-8

Four-star 2026 F/G Tarris Bouie (6’6″/180) released his Top Eight schools yesterday, and NC State made the cut along with Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Marquette, Texas, Cincinnati, and Georgetown.

Bouie picked up an offer from NC State on June 14th.

ESPN ranks him as the #32 overall prospect nationally in the 2026 recruiting class, the #15 Small Forward and the #3 player in the state of Ohio.

Bouie will be playing with SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, next season, but his roots are in North Carolina. This past season, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.9 blocks for Chambers High School (Charlotte, NC).