Syracuse Basketball: 5-star Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is a versatile scorer

Recruiting analysts are high on new Syracuse basketball target Brandon Huntley-Hatfield.

Now that Syracuse basketball is among the six finalists for 2022 top-10 player Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, let’s take a deeper dive on what he could bring to the Orange if the unanimous five-star prospect were to select the ‘Cuse.

The 6-foot-9 power forward, a junior at Scotland Campus in Scotland, Pa., has added Syracuse basketball to his list of contenders, and Huntley-Hatfield held a previous top five of Auburn, Kansas, Ole Miss, Tennessee and fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Wake Forest, per various media reports.

I read a bunch of evaluations on Huntley-Hatfield, and the general consensus is that he has a physical, strong build and boasts a lot of length. For a player of his size, experts say, he also has terrific body control.

In a recent evaluation of Huntley-Hatfield, 247Sports director of basketball scouting Jerry Meyer projects him as an NBA Draft first-round pick and compares him to New York Knicks power forward Julius Randle.

"Meyer wrote in part about Huntley-Hatfield, “Can score from all three levels. Very comfortable with the ball. Has functional ball handling skills that produce buckets in scoring range. Can get to the basket efficiently. Loves to go left as a righty. Has ability to dominate his area as a rebounder. Improving as a defender is a proper area of focus.”"

Recruiting analyst Jake Weingarten, the founder of Stockrisers.com, said in a recent article that Huntley-Hatfield is “seen as one of the most dynamic forwards in the entire country …”

See what other experts have to say about Syracuse basketball 2022 target Brandon Huntley-Hatfield.

Recruiting analyst and journalist Mike McAllister, the publisher of SyracuseOnSI, noted in a recent piece that Huntley-Hatfield “can finish with both hands, is a solid ball handler and is one of the best rebounders in the 2022 class. It is easy to see why he is such a coveted prospect.”

Former 247Sports director of basketball recruiting Evan Daniels, now with CAA, published an evaluation of Huntley-Hatfield last year. Daniels wrote in part that Huntley-Hatfield is “a tremendous talent and with continued development could be a one-and-done level recruit.”

Considering that the main recruiting services deem Huntley-Hatfield as a top-10 prospect nationwide in the 2022 cycle, as well as the No. 1 power forward, that the ‘Cuse is in the running for him should delight Syracuse basketball fans.