{"id":46954,"date":"2025-07-30T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/46954\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:05:09","slug":"5-star-forward-christian-collins-reschedules-kentucky-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/46954\/","title":{"rendered":"5-Star Forward Christian Collins Reschedules Kentucky Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Collins<\/a> is back on for a Kentucky visit. The 2026 five-star forward was originally set to visit just after Big Blue Madness, but had to reschedule. Now, he has a new date.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-8, 200-pound power forward from\u00a0St. John Bosco (Playa Del Rey, CA)<\/a> will be taking an official visit to Kentucky from October 3-5. He was originally set to visit on October 12. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Mark Pope] is like a proud dad,\u201d Collins told KSR+ at Peach Jam<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019ll be recording you and he\u2019s cheering for you. He\u2019s a really good guy. He has nice energy. He\u2019s really positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins is also set to visit USC on August 30 and Oregon on Sept. 6. He has no other visits planned yet. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Christian Collins\u2019 Game<\/p>\n

St. John Bosco (California) five-star forward\u00a0Christian Collins\u00a0is the nation\u2019s No. 3 overall prospect\u00a0according to the Rivals Industry Ranking<\/a>, an equally weighted average that utilizes all three major recruiting services. Rivals ranks Collins as the No. 2 small forward and the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2026 class.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy greatest strengths are my versatility, my strength for my height, my shooting ability, and my rebounding,\u201d Collins told KSR+.<\/p>\n

Kentucky\u2019s Offers in the 2026 Class<\/p>\n

Kentucky has offered 19 players in the 2026 class. KSR+ is tracking each of UK\u2019s 2026 offers by position. Kentucky has also offered 2027 prospects\u00a0C.J. Rosser<\/a>,\u00a0Obinna Ekezie Jr.<\/a>,\u00a0Bruce Branch III<\/a>,\u00a0Baba Oladotun<\/a>, and\u00a0Marcus Spears Jr.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Point Guards<\/p>\n

Ikenna Alozie<\/a>: 6-foot-2 guard from\u00a0Dream City Christian<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 12 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Tay Kinney<\/a>: 6-foot-2 guard from\u00a0Overtime Elite<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 13 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Deron Rippey Jr.<\/a>: 6-foot-2 guard from\u00a0Blair Academy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 17 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Combo Guards<\/p>\n

Brandon McCoy<\/a>: 6-foot-5 guard from\u00a0St. John Bosco<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 2 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Shooting Guards<\/p>\n

Jordan Smith Jr.<\/a>: 6-foot-2 guard from\u00a0Paul VI Catholic<\/a>\u2013 No. 4 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Caleb Holt<\/a>: 6-foot-5 guard from\u00a0Prolific Prep<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 5 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Qayden Samuels<\/a>: 6-foot-5 guard from\u00a0Bishop McNamara<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 15 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Small Forwards<\/p>\n

Tyran Stokes<\/a>: 6-foot-7 forward from\u00a0Notre Dame<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 1 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Christian Collins<\/a>: 6-foot-8 forward from\u00a0St. John Bosco<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 3 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Anthony Thompson<\/a>: 6-foot-8 forward from\u00a0Western Reserve<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 8 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Tajh Ariza<\/a>: 6-foot-8 forward from\u00a0St. John Bosco<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 16 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Bryson Howard<\/a>: 6-foot-5 forward from\u00a0Heritage High School<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 26 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Cole Cloer<\/a>: 6-foot-7 forward from\u00a0IMG Academy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 30 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Maximo Adams<\/a>: 6-foot-7 forward from\u00a0Sierra Canyon<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 46 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Power Forwards<\/p>\n

Cam Williams<\/a>: 6-foot-11 forward from\u00a0St. Mary\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 9 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Miikka Muurinen<\/a>: 6-foot-10 forward from\u00a0Compass Prep<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 14 overall (5-Star)<\/p>\n

Centers<\/p>\n

Ethan Taylor<\/a>: 7-foot center from\u00a0Link Academy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 23 overall<\/p>\n

Arafan Diane<\/a>: 6-foot-11 center from\u00a0Iowa United Prep<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 21 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n

Josh Irving<\/a>: 6-foot-11 center from\u00a0Pasadena<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 No. 147 overall (4-Star)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Collins is back on for a Kentucky visit. The 2026 five-star forward was originally set to visit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,36898,398,400,401,99],"class_list":["post-46954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-christian-collins-26-st-john-bosco","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaabasketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}