Longmont High’s Justinian Jessup, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who averaged 17 points this past season as a junior, told a recruiting-based website that he has received an offer from Colorado.
Jessup told BuffStampede.com, an affiliate of Rivals.com, that CU coach Tad Boyle wants Jessup, a left-hander, to either be a walk-on for his first season in Boulder or push back his college enrollment by enrolling in a prep school for a year following his high school graduation.
Colorado already has oral commitments from two guards for the 2016-17 recruiting cycle and, as of now, the Buffs do not have another scholarship to offer to Jessup for that season.
Named the Class 4A player of the year as a junior, Jessup told BuffStampede.com that he is open to Boyle’s request. Jessup’s best offer other than Colorado is from Boise State. Weber State and Northern Colorado also have offered scholarships to Jessup.
Jessup’s recruiting could pick up. He said he is hearing from Davidson.
Colorado’s oral commitments for the 2016-17 recruiting cycle also are 6-4 guards: Deleon Brown of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Cameron Satterwhite of Gilbert, Ariz.
