No. 1 overall recruit Tyran Stokes commits to Kansas

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Tyran Stokes, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to Kansas, he announced.

The 6-foot-7 Five-Star Plus+ small forward out of Rainier Beach (WA) ultimately chose Bill Self and the Jayhawks over Kentucky and Oregon, but also received offers from Vanderbilt, Washington, Louisville, USC, and others.

Stokes, a native of Louisville, KY, is Kansas’ fifth commitment in the 2026 class. He joins four-star point guard Tay Kinney (No. 17 NATL), four-star power forward Davion Adkins (No. 44 NATL), four-star small forward Trent Perry (No. 101 NATL), and three-star shooting guard Luke Barnett (No. 120 NATL).

Stokes on Kansas

In a recent interview with Rivals, Tyran Stokes discussed the Jayhawks.

“I mean, since I’ve started high school basketball, Coach Self has always told me, that I’m the No. 1 player in the world, ‘I believe that you can be the best player ever’, so I mean, if a guy trusts me that much as a freshman. He’ll tell me that he can trust me on campus. Just hearing that and having that trust in him and he has that trust in me, I mean, it could be great.”