Newest Guard Offer Already Thinking About Visiting USF
The South Florida basketball staff wants to add another guard in the Class of 2020 and Caleb Murphy, from Norcross (GA) High School, has quickly taken a spot on the Bulls’ radar.
After a strong showing at the adidas Gauntlet session in Dallas, during the live evaluation period in April, the 6-foot-4, 175 pound combo guard picked up interest from USF head coach Brian Gregory and assistant coach Larry Dixon which led to an offer from the Bulls Wednesday evening.
In addition to USF, Murphy also holds offers listed offers from East Tennessee State, Little Rock, Tulane, Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee. He also told us that “Cincinnati, Winthrop, Georgia State, Arkansas, Clemson and Georgia reach out to me every once in a while.”
“Well they’ve been recruiting me for about a month now,” Murphy said of USF. “I’d say ever since the Dallas adidas tournament, since around that time. Coach Gregory and Coach Dixon tell me that they like my game, they love the way I play and tell me to keep up the good work. They enjoyed watching my game and want me to keep grinding. They want me to come up to the campus sometime in June so we’ll make that happen. I’ve been talking about it with my mom.”
In addition to the relationship Murphy has built with the Bulls’ coaches, Murphy has some ties to Tampa.
“I have an aunt that lives in Tampa so we’ve been talking with her too,” said Murphy. “So if I commit to South Florida I won’t be lonely, I’ll have some type of family.”
Good sized combo guard who can really get to the rim, Murphy is a capable finisher in the paint, with above the rim athleticism. He can be a bit of a streaky perimeter shooter but we’ve seen Murphy be a good offensive rebounder, for his position, during the travel season as well as a willing defender.
We asked Murphy what he felt he does best on the court.
“Transition,” he said. “I like going downhill, getting up and down the floor, ball screens of course and I think have good on-ball defense.”
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Playing alongside four-star class of 2019 point guard Kyle Sturdivant and five-star class of 2020 wing B.J. Boston at Norcross has no doubt aided in Murphy’s development. If he continues to have strong performances the rest of the travel season Murphy could become a priority for several more schools.