Kevin Keatts’ first recruiting cycle has added its fifth member to the class, as Derek Funderburk committed to the Pack. Funderburk is a 6’9 center who is currently playing for Northwest Florida State College, one of the better JUCO basketball schools in the country. He will join the team next year and has three years of eligibility remaining.
Funderburk was at Ohio State for one year and spent that year redshirting. New coach Chris Holtmann dismissed him from the team for “failure to meet team expectations”.
Funderburk was teammates with Braxton Beverly at Hargrave Military Academy where AW Hamilton was the head coach.