Four-Star SF Jalen Shelley updates recruitment

Frisco (Texas) Prestonwood Christian four-star small forward Jalen Shelley is the No. 48 overall player in the On3 2024 Industry Rankings, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. The 6-foot-8 rising senior updated his college recruitment with On3 while at the Pangos All-American Camp.

“Recently, Marquette, Creighton, Louisville, Arkansas, and LSU,” are among the programs he says are keeping in contact the most. Of the schools currently in the mix, Shelley has unofficial visited Arkansas and officially visited Louisville. He discussed his thoughts on both of those respective programs.

Shelley talks Arkansas, Louisville

Arkansas: “Coach (Eric) Musselman really knows what he’s doing and gets guys to the league. I really like that about them. It’s a pretty high-level program. With the freshman class they had last year, its pretty promising.”

Louisville: “I feel a real relationship with Coach Kenny Payne. I really look up to him as family, talking to him and stuff. My official visit with them, I really enjoyed it.”

Future visits to LSU and Marquette

Shelley says he would also like to officially visit LSU, Marquette, and others.

LSU: “What stands out is how consistent they’ve been with me. Just the way they said, if I come, they will let me rock out and play my game. I really enjoy that about them, how they would let me be myself, and they believe in me. I just really like that.”

Marquette: “They’re newer in the mix. They haven’t offered yet but they are trying to get me on an official visit. They’re just saying they really want me there, they really need me. They say they don’t do much of that transfer portal stuff. They like having wings that are really versatile like me and they say one through four basically play all the same positions.”

Shelley said he would like to make a decision by the beginning of his senior season, around December.

Scouting Report

“The first thing you think of when watching Jalen Shelley is upside. He is a legit 6-foot-7, 6-foot-8 with long arms, wide-set shoulders, and he moves so fluidly. Shelley is a former wide receiver, and you can see that with the way he moves. Shelley has excellent explosion at the basket; he really shows off in transition. The left-hander has a repeatable release on his jump shot. The shot is a bit of a set shot, so you would like to see him develop off movement and off-the-bounce. He is a good straight-line driver to the basket and able to take up so much space with his long strides. Shelley has an upside on the defensive end, given his natural quick-twitch athleticism and long frame. He has given up football to focus fully on basketball. With continued game reps and consistent training, there is a lot of ceiling ready for this one to take.” – On3’s Jamie Shaw