Kinney is ranked as the No. 1 point guard in the 2026 recruiting class, per 247Sports’ Composite rankings. He’s also listed as the No. 11 overall prospect in the cycle, receiving a five-star rating.<\/p>\n
The talented guard currently plays for Overtime Elite in Atlanta. He is one of 20 players<\/a> coach Matt Painter and his staff have offered in the 2026 class.<\/p>\n Purdue currently has just one player in the 2026 class committed: 6-foot-1 combo guard Luke Ertel, a native of Fortville, Ind. <\/p>\n Newport’s Taylen Kinney (0) goes up \/ Matt Stone\/The Courier Journal \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n Kinney is a point guard capable of scoring the basketball in a variety of ways. He has a demonstrated ability to beat guys off the dribble and attack the basket. Even at 6-foot-1, he’s shown the ability to finish in traffic.<\/p>\n The talented guard is also able to knock down pull-up jumpers and has tremendous range from behind the three-point line. He can also be a killer in the mid-range game.<\/p>\n Kinney is coming off a season with Overtime Elite in which he averaged 20.1 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game. His three-point percentage was barely above 33% but he did shoot the ball at a 55.6% clip from the floor.<\/p>\n Kinney would certainly be a huge addition to Purdue’s 2026 recruiting class, especially with the program’s all-time assist leader, Braden Smith, departing after the 2025-26 campaign. <\/p>\n 2,000-POINT CLUB?\u00a0Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer, and Trey Kaufman-Renn have all scored 1,000 career points at Purdue. What would each need to do to reach the 2,000-point milestone?\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n