By ADAM ZAGORIA
Jameel Brown, the 6-foot-4 combo guard from Westtown (PA) and Team Final, committed to Penn State on Monday.
Ranked the No. 17 combo guard by 247Sports.com, Brown in March decommitted from Purdue where he was recruited by current Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry. He also considered Notre Dame, Virginia and Minnesota, among others.
“Obviously, coach Shrewsberry was at Purdue,” he said earlier this summer. “I have a good relationship with him and Coach [Adam] Fish[er]. I took an official there, and it’s kind of the same as Minnesota, just coming in and making an impact right away.”
Brown averaged 21.7 points last season at Haverford before transferring to Westtown. Last month he helped Team Final win the Nike Peach Jam over Brad Beal Elite in the championship game. He is the fourth Team Final player to commit or reclassify since, following Jalen Duren (Memphis), Corey Floyd Jr. (UConn) and Justice Williams (LSU).
Brown joins point guard Kanye Clarey and shooting guard Evan Mahaffey in Penn State’s 2022 class. They remain in the mix for Brown’s Team Final teammate Dereck Lively II, who is expected to visit sometime this fall. Brown is recruiting both Lively and Blair Academy guard Otega Oweh to Penn State.
“Meelzie can be an NBA point guard in the Chauncey Billups mode,” Westtown coach Seth Berger said. “Strong, smart, excellent shooter from deep, great decision maker, can defend all 3 guard positions, and improving at using his strength in the paint. Great choice by a great kid to play for the Nittany Lions and Coach Shrewsberry.”
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