Syracuse basketball contacts 5-star who de-committed from Kentucky

Syracuse basketball is among numerous high-major programs to make contact with a 2022 five-star prospect who has de-committed from blue-blood squad Kentucky, according to a media report.

Skyy Clark is a 6-foot-3 player in the 2022 cycle listed as either a point guard, a combo guard or a shooting guard, depending on the recruiting service.

He recently said on Twitter that he would reopen his recruitment back up and take the next couple of weeks to regroup with his family and determine the best steps for him moving forward.

A senior at the powerhouse Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., Clark committed to Kentucky out of the Southeastern Conference in October of 2020, with his other finalists at that time including North Carolina, Memphis and UCLA, per an article from 247Sports.

According to recruiting services, Clark has obtained around two-dozen offers throughout his recruiting process, from teams such as North Carolina, Florida State, Kansas, Auburn, Indiana, Memphis, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, Rutgers, Southern California, Texas Tech, Oregon, Oklahoma State and Wake Forest.

Syracuse basketball may be showing interest in a former Kentucky commit.

Since reopening his recruitment, Clark has heard from teams such as the Orange, Illinois, Tennessee, Arizona State, Georgetown, Xavier, the Overtime Elite professional league and the NBA’s G League, according to a tweet from 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham, who notes that Kentucky will remain an option for Clark.

As I often preface in these sorts of stories, I’m not a recruiting analyst, nor am I in Clark’s inner circle, so I have no idea whether there is mutual interest between Syracuse basketball and this elite 2022 prospect.

Clark, who is from Nashville, Tenn., is rated as four stars by a lot of recruiting services, although the industry-generated 247Sports Composite has him as five stars.

The 247Sports Composite has him as No. 27 overall and No. 5 at point guard. Clark is No. 35 nationally and No. 8 at point guard, Rivals.com says.

The On3 Consensus Ratings place him at No. 32 around the country, No. 7 at combo guard and No. 2 in Tennessee. ESPN, meanwhile, puts Clark at No. 25 overall and No. 5 at shooting guard.

We’ll of course continue to monitor whether the ‘Cuse emerges as a viable contender for Clark. Syracuse basketball does have a five-member class in the 2022 cycle, which includes a four-star point guard and a four-star shooting guard.