Player series, Part 3: Richard Amaefule
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Richard Amaefule, 6-9, 230 pounds, age 20.8 (DOB 11-21-00), from London, England
Blue Ridge (Va.) as frosh, sat out soph (transfer), Dallas Wilson as junior, hurt as senior #371 HS recruit (247 Composite)
Wore #15 for East Tennessee State in 20-21 Entering second year of CBB / first at UD
8.3 minutes pg 1.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.5 TOpg
45.5% FG zippo 3PT 57.1% FT did not attempt a trey last year
The good? If you project his ETSU stats out to 25 minutes a game, hed average 7 rebounds. The bad? He only played 8 minutes a game at ETSU as a freshman. After playing double-digit minutes five times before Christmas, he only hit that mark once after Christmas. Against Alabama, he had four fouls and two turnovers in 8 minutes.
He represented England at the U16 level (8 ppg, 8 rpg, 2 spg) before moving to the USA. He reached the Rivals recruiting top 150 after his junior year, then got hurt and missed his senior year, and his rating dropped.
I know highlight videos have to be taken for what they are, but the two AAU / EYBL video clips below look like a player whos better than what he showed at ETSU. He looked long and physically strong even before getting in a college strength program. On top of that, the one clip has multiple plays with him catching the ball outside the 3-point line, dribble-driving into the paint and making a variety of shots. Thats a versatile skill-set.
The short quotes from Grant when Amaefule signed talked about his size and physicality, with CAG calling him a high-energy big with tremendous upside.
VIDEOS
Summer 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da8qLxROAb4
Summer 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLYGiSty-Fg
Blue Ridge (Va.) as frosh, sat out soph (transfer), Dallas Wilson as junior, hurt as senior #371 HS recruit (247 Composite)
Wore #15 for East Tennessee State in 20-21 Entering second year of CBB / first at UD
8.3 minutes pg 1.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.5 TOpg
45.5% FG zippo 3PT 57.1% FT did not attempt a trey last year
The good? If you project his ETSU stats out to 25 minutes a game, hed average 7 rebounds. The bad? He only played 8 minutes a game at ETSU as a freshman. After playing double-digit minutes five times before Christmas, he only hit that mark once after Christmas. Against Alabama, he had four fouls and two turnovers in 8 minutes.
He represented England at the U16 level (8 ppg, 8 rpg, 2 spg) before moving to the USA. He reached the Rivals recruiting top 150 after his junior year, then got hurt and missed his senior year, and his rating dropped.
I know highlight videos have to be taken for what they are, but the two AAU / EYBL video clips below look like a player whos better than what he showed at ETSU. He looked long and physically strong even before getting in a college strength program. On top of that, the one clip has multiple plays with him catching the ball outside the 3-point line, dribble-driving into the paint and making a variety of shots. Thats a versatile skill-set.
The short quotes from Grant when Amaefule signed talked about his size and physicality, with CAG calling him a high-energy big with tremendous upside.
VIDEOS
Summer 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da8qLxROAb4
Summer 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLYGiSty-Fg