Former Miege standout Jeremiah Robinson-Earl cuts recruiting list to Kansas, Villanova

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, a 6-foot-9 senior forward formerly of Bishop Miege and now at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., has cut his recruiting list to Kansas and Villanova, his mother, Katie Robinson, confirmed on Thursday morning.

Rivals.com reported late Wednesday night that Robinson-Earl had removed North Carolina, Notre Dame and Arizona from his list. He recently visited all five finalists.

His mom told The Star on Thursday no decision date had been set at this time. The early signing period for college basketball runs Nov. 14-21.

Robinson-Earl, the country’s No. 10-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2019, was a starter on KU coach Bill Self’s gold medal-winning USA Basketball squad that went undefeated at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Canada. Robinson-Earl averaged 10.7 points and 8.5 rebounds in 18 minutes per game while making 61.9 percent of his shots. He is a graduate of the KC Run GMC AAU program.

“His floor game is mature beyond his age. He has a veteran like presence on the floor, is very efficient, and has a dramatic impact on winning,” reads ESPN.com’s scouting report on Robinson-Earl written at the end of the past AAU season.

“He’s active with great hands and so while he impacts the game in a number of ways his ability to rebound the ball may be his best asset at this point. He can then put it on the floor to start the break himself and is similarly able to face-up and attack some in the halfcourt. He’s a solid athlete and better shot-blocker than he gets credit for. He’s also a very smart player who has good footwork, is a solid passer, and has a lot of budding mismatch type tools offensively.

“He’s not going to blow you away with ‘wow plays’ like some other top national prospects and may not be the type of guy that a coach just lets go to work in isolations in a high level game. He’s a good athlete, but not quite truly elite, and doesn’t yet have that one overwhelming weapon that he can hang his hat on in a halfcourt setting.

“What he may lack in style he makes up for in substance. This guy wins games because he already has an appreciation for how to impact the game in a variety of ways. He’s a high volume rebounder and smart player with good hands, footwork, and activity level who projects as a potential star at the college level.”

Gary Bedore

Gary Bedore covers University of Kansas athletics for The Star.

This story was originally published October 25, 2018 at 11:39 AM.