4-star level guard Elijah Crawford indicators with BYU basketball

PROVO — Kevin Younger’s rent of Brandon Dunseth as BYU basketball coach paid off Tuesday with the signing of four-star level guard Elijah Crawford.

The previous Stanford commit visited BYU on Monday, posting photographs from his official go to that the 6-foot-1, 180-pound ground normal holding a belt with the word “committed” on it.

A day later, Crawford made it official, signing together with his former Stanford assistant and the top coach who employed him.

“We’re so excited to welcome Elijah and his household to BYU,” Younger mentioned in a information launch. “He is an excellent younger man who’s had a terrific profession at Brewster Academy, top-of-the-line highschool packages within the nation. As top-of-the-line level guards in his class, his ball-handling and playmaking match completely into our program. We stay up for serving to him develop his sport in Provo.”

Crawford is the sixth highest-rated recruit in BYU males’s basketball historical past, and the second ESPN Prime 100 signee underneath Younger alongside Nook Canyon product Brody Kozlowski.

Crawford initially signed with Stanford in October, however when the Cardinal fired head coach Jerod Haase, the No. 21-ranked level guard within the Class of 2024 by Rivals.com with a 247Sports four-star composite score ultimately requested a launch from his Nationwide Letter of Intent and reopened his recruitment.

He shortly heard from a lot of packages, together with Kansas, BYU, Wake Forest, Davidson and Louisville, based on Yahoo Sports activities. However the MaxPreps New Hampshire Participant of the Yr who averaged 13.5 factors, 5.1 assists and 4.0 rebounds per sport on 52.7% capturing with 48.8% 3-point capturing visited BYU on Monday.

He had a earlier relationship with Dunson, the previous Stanford assistant who was Younger’s first rent shortly after the previous highest-paid NBA assistant coach was named to the highest place at BYU.

And training relationships matter to Crawford, he instructed Yahoo.

“I really need the coach to imagine in me,” Crawford mentioned. “I need to go someplace that’s searching for straight work. That is simply how I am wired. I need to win my spot on the ground. I’ve by no means misplaced a battle like that, so I simply need a honest probability to compete.

“My eyes are extra open now. I do know if a coach is being actual with me or if he is not. I really feel like that may assist me this time round.”

Along with retaining gamers on the roster like Dallin Corridor, Richie Saunders, Trevin Knell and Fousseyni Traore, Younger has added a pair of four-star highschool recruits in Crawford and Nook Canyon four-star ahead Kozlowski. He additionally added former Utah large Keba Keita, the 6-foot-8 heart from Mali who adopted former Utah assistant Chris Burgess to Provo.

Additionally since Younger was named head coach at BYU, Atiki Ally Atiki transferred to New Mexico, Jaxson Robinson declared for the NBA draft, Noah Waterman joined former BYU large Aly Khalifa in committing to Louisville, and former BYU signee Isaac Davis signed with Utah State.

“Isaac comes from a terrific program and has had a excessive stage of success, not solely in highschool, but additionally on the grass roots stage,” mentioned first-year Utah State coach Jerrod Calhoun of the 6-foot-8, 240-pound large man in saying the signing Tuesday. “He’ll give us some actual versatility on the entrance line together with his measurement, talent and athleticism.”