Top-150 SF Colt Langdon breaks down recruitment, talks LSU, Illinois, and Marquette
Colt Langdon is the No. 24 ranked small forward in the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking. The 6-foot-7 wing played with the Team Loaded Va program on the Adidas 3SSB 16U Circuit this summer. He averaged 15.5 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 46.0 percent from three on 5.3 attempts per game.
“I would say I’m a very versatile player,” Langdon told On3. “I’ve really improved being able to create my own shot and scoring for myself. I’ve always been able to create for my teammates, but with my body and height, I can guard multiple positions and shut down the other team’s best player. I have gotten a lot stronger physically and have been able to become a consistent scorer each game.”
Langdon is a rising junior at Raleigh (NC) Millbrook High. He scored his 1,000th career point last year while averaging 20.8 points and shooting 41.7 percent from three.
“I watch a lot of Luka Doncic,” Langdon said. “You know, bigger guards like Jayson Tatum. I really just watch basketball in general, and if I like something from a certain player, I’ll work on it to try and incorporate it into my game.”
On3 caught up with four-star Colt Langdon after a recent live viewing to talk about his recruitment.
Langdon talks visits
“I haven’t been on any official visits yet, and I don’t have any set,” Langdon said. “I’ve been talking with a couple of schools, though; LSU, getting back up to Illinois, and hopefully Marquette.”
LSU: “We have a great relationship. We talk almost daily. You know I talk with all the coaches there too, Coach Mac (Matt McMahon), Coach (Casey) Long, and Coach (Ronnie) Hamilton. They are really recruiting me hard, and we’ve built a really good relationship. They’ve been on me for a while now, and I really like them. We’re trying to set up an official visit to get back down there soon.
Watching them play last year, they like to shoot a lot of jump shots, play up and down, and I feel like they have a lot of bigger guards who can do a lot of things. I think I can fit right in with that.
Illinois: “The game I went to up there was electric. You know, the atmosphere and the Orange Crush, it was definitely cool to be there. Another thing with them, they love versatility and versatile players. Look at Coleman Hawkins; he’s like 6-foot-10 and was able to do a little bit of everything for them. And they put players in the pros.
“I watched a lot of Terrence Shannon for them, you know, he’s left-handed like me, plays the same position as me, and is a similar size as me.”
Marquette: “They’re going through what they like about my game and telling me I can come in there and be a matchup problem. They like I can post up the smaller guards and go by the bigger ones, attack them. And they see me being able to play every position for them, shooting guard, bringing it up some. They’ve been really good these past couple of years, and they like versatile players.”
“I’m hearing a lot from Mississippi State, you know Coach (Patrice) Days and Coach (Chris) Jans,” Langdon said. “I hear from Clemson and Furman a lot, and they’ve all offered too. “I’m also hearing a lot from Coach (Kyle) Getter at Notre Dame. They haven’t offered yet.”
Langdon’s athletic bloodlines
“My dad, Mark Langdon, played football at the University of Virginia,” Langdon said. “He was a center, weighed like 295 when he was up there. And then my uncle, my dad’s brother, played football at East Carolina for a little bit.”
At the end of the day
“I’m going to be looking for a school that can develop me as a basketball player,” Colt Langdon said. “I want to be the best basketball player that I can be. Off the court, I want to go to a school that will mold me into a good person and help me to become a good man. The goal is to play basketball for money, so a school that can best prepare me for that is the goal.
“Being able to fit in a system and a style of play that you feel comfortable in, where you feel like you can be your best, is important. I like playing in systems where we can just play basketball and react and not have to run a set every time we come down the court.”