Elite basketball shooting guard to begin official campus visit to KU on Tuesday
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- Shooting guard Kohl Rosario begins official visit to Kansas on Tuesday
- Rosario weighs reclassifying to 2025 while evaluating top-tier programs
- Kansas holds 4 open scholarships amid ongoing NCAA roster adjustment
Kohl Rosario, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound high school senior-to-be shooting guard from Moravian Prep in Hudson, North Carolina was slated to make an official campus visit to Kansas this week, a source close to the situation confirmed to The Star.
Rosario, who played in the Overtime Elite program in Atlanta last season and is ranked No. 27 in the class of 2026 by Rivals, has talked about possibly reclassifying and enrolling somewhere in time for the start of the 2025-26 season.
A native of Miami, Rosario told Rivals he is currently focusing on KU, Oregon, Duke, Miami and Florida State. However, he’s also being pursued by North Carolina, Baylor, Tennessee, Indiana, Villanova and others.
“It’s kind of a lot mentally to have to make a decision right here,” he told Rivals, “and especially this quickly, as I might be reclassifying. So I have a big decision coming up. I’m trying to get as much information as I can before I make a decision.
“We’re going to make a decision about reclassifying after these visits, so I won’t have a solid answer for that until after June. All of the schools recruiting me will take me as a 2026 or a 2025.”
About possibly reclassifying, he told the North Carolina Rivals site: “A couple of colleges have offered me for 2025. They want me to come out early. That’s just an opportunity I have to look into. It would be dumb if I didn’t look into it. Right now I’m just taking every opportunity into consideration, and that’s where I’m at now.”
Rosario, who attracted the interest of several schools by faring well at the recent NBPA Top 100 camp in Rock Hill, South Carolina, has reportedly visited Oregon and Florida State with visits scheduled to KU, Texas A&M (June 22), Duke (June 26) and Baylor (June 29).
Rosario’s YNG Dreamerz won the 2024-25 Overtime Elite championship. He averaged 13.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 assists per game during OE’s postseason tournament.
Of KU, he told Rivals: “They’re the winningest program in history. I haven’t been on a visit there yet, so I can’t speak to that, but I think the program speaks for itself. The opportunity they have there is interesting. I think I’m a good fit for them, and they think I’m a good fit for them. So we will see where it goes.”
Rosario plays for Team CP3 on the summertime Nike AAU circuit.
Thus far on the circuit he is averaging 14.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. He’s made 44.4% of his 3s.
“I just want to go somewhere and really just play winning basketball, moving the ball, hitting open shots. I want to go somewhere I can develop and just be the best version of myself every single day,” Rosario told Rivals. “I’m looking for a school with a good culture. Culture is everything; it speaks about the program and the coach.”
He was asked what he’s looking for if he does enter the class of 2025: “The big thing is just developing, getting one year ahead of the process. Again, I’m not in a rush. I just want to play at a place I can develop at, and be a better version of myself every single day, as well as play.
“The reps you get in college are nothing like the reps you get in high school. It’s a completely different thing. It just speeds up your development. Anywhere that I could play, and get better in a good program, a good culture, and wherever that is is where I will be.”
KU currently has 10 scholarship players on the roster: freshmen Darryn Peterson, Samis Calderon, Bryson Tiller and Corbin Allen; incoming NCAA portal transfers Melvin Council Jr., Jayden Dawson and Tre White and returnees Flory Bidunga, Elmarko Jackson and Jamari McDowell.
KU has up to four scholarships to give in recruiting. Teams are now allowed 15 scholarship players, however KU is limited to 14 this year as a self-imposed NCAA sanction is completed this school year.
Freshman scholarship football player Jaden Nickens, who has said he wants to play football and basketball at KU, would count against the limit of 14 if he does indeed play hoops. He is not currently on the basketball roster for 2025-26.
This story was originally published June 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM.
