4-star '25 C Jayden Quaintance reportedly receives Kentucky offer during visit

Arguably the top center from the 2025 class is currently in Lexington.

According to Travis Graf of MADE Hoops, four-star big man Jayden Quaintance is taking an unofficial visit to the University of Kentucky and has picked up a scholarship offer from the Wildcats. Playing for Word Of God Christian Academy, which is part of the Overtime Elite league, the 6-foot-10, 225-pound center is considered the No. 17 overall rising junior in the country according to the On3 Industry Ranking.

Once the contact period opened earlier this month on June 15, Quaintance was one of the primary recruits that the Kentucky coaching staff reached out to. He is the eighth known class of 2025 prospect to earn an offer from UK. According to his Instagram story, Quaintance has been in Lexington since at least Saturday.

Update: Kentucky has offered five-star Jayden Quaintance, sources tell @madehoops. https://t.co/3nXddj6DyH

— Travis Graf (@TravisGrafHoops) June 25, 2023

Quaintance is AAU teammates on Team Thad (EYBL) with another Kentucky target, four-star point guard Jasper Johnson, who is originally from Versailles, KY, but recently transferred to prep school powerhouse Link Academy. Johnson, who is also on Kentucky’s campus with Quaintance, has already received an offer from the Wildcats and now Quaintance has one too.

At just 15 years old, the Cleveland, OH native produced per-game averages of 17.3 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks while shooting over 60 percent from the field for Word of God (the same high school that produced Kentucky great John Wall) during OTE’s 2022-23 season.

Quaintance was also one of 12 players selected to represent the USA Men’s U16 National Team after a week of training camp in Colorado Springs back in May. That group went on to dominate the 2023 FIBA Men’s U16 Americas Championship in Merida, Mexico earlier this month, winning all three tournament games by an average of 73 points en route to earning a gold medal.

During six games of action for Team USA (June 5-11), Quaintance came off the bench to average 6.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks in 18.7 minutes per game on 42.9 percent shooting. His best performance came in a 118-36 drumming of Team Canada in the championship when he posted 10 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks in just 17 minutes of action.