Four-star G Tyler Jackson starts talking visits; breaks down Alabama, UCF, Kansas, and Syracuse
Tyler Jackson is the No. 17 player in the 2025 On3 Industry Ranking. The 6-foot-2 guard averaged close to 19 points per game last season at Baltimore (MD) St. Frances. He transferred to play his junior year at Atlanta (GA) Overtime Elite.
“I can score it, but I’m starting to facilitate it, see the whole floor,” Jackson told On3. “I’m playing good defense and overall making plays for my team. I’ve been getting my body in shape, staying on top of my conditioning, and staying on top of getting my body in its top-tier shape.”
During his final travel ball event of the summer, the SportRadar Showdown, with Team Thrill, Jackson averaged 10.5 points while shooting close to 43 percent from three. His Team Thrill team won the UAA Next 17u Championship in July.
“I watch a lot of Kyrie Irving and his handle and footwork,” Jackson said. “I’ll watch Steph Curry and how he moves off the ball and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and how he is able to create space to make plays.”
On3 caught up with four-star Tyler Jackson after a recent live viewing to talk about his recruitment.
Jackson talks recruitment
“I have not been on any visits yet,” Jackson said. “I’m talking with Alabama, Syracuse, Kansas, and UCF about setting some for the end of September and October.”
Alabama: “Their coaches talk to me on a day-to-day basis, and that really sticks out. Coach Austin (Claunch) checks in with me, and he has built a good relationship with my mom and my family too. They had Collin Sexton that went there too.”
Syracuse: “I met Coach Red (Autry) when he was an assistant, and we have been talking ever since. I saw him when he was recruiting Derik (Queen) in Chicago. I walked up to him, shook his hand, and said, “You’re going to remember me.” He called me to offer me right after he got the job.”
“I’m actually going to visit up there with Kiyan Anthony. We don’t have a set date yet, but we are going up there together.”
UCF: “I like what they got down there, and they’re going to the new league. One of their coaches, Kevin Norris, he’s from Baltimore. He’s been recruiting me since the ninth grade, and he’s stuck with me all this time.”
Kansas: “They had Josh Shelby, who is from where I’m from. They just got Hunter Dickinson, too. They’ve had a lot of guys. They win a lot, of course, and they put a lot of guys in the league. Ochai Abaji stayed there for all four years and developed into a draft pick. I notice things like that with them.”
In his words
“I’m going to be looking for a school, and a coach, that trusts in me,” Tyler Jackson said. “Play for a coach that will let my abilities show and trust that I’ll be able to make the right decisions on and off the court. I can play on the ball or off the ball, so the style of play won’t really matter like that. I want to play with good players, and I want to win.”