4-star Dior Johnson, former Oregon signee, announces top 3 schools

Former Oregon signee Dior Johnson tells On3 he’s considering three schools — Pittsburgh, Mississippi State, and Washington State.

Johnson told On3 earlier this week he will officially visit Mississippi State on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound point guard out of Castaic (Calif.) Southern California Academy backed off his nearly year-long pledge to the Ducks on Thursday, as first reported by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. Givony also noted that Oregon signed two veteran guards from the transfer portal this offseason — Jermaine Couisnard (12.0 PPG at South Carolina) and Keeshawn Barthelemy (11.1 PPG at Colorado). The Ducks will also return starting point guard Will Richardson, who has now withdrawn from the NBA draft.

Prior to signing with Oregon, Johnson considered Alabama, Kentucky, Washington, and the NBL, a professional basketball league. Johnson, a New York native, was also once committed to Syracuse.

Johnson is ranked as the No. 50 overall recruit in the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.