Matt Bracken

Gary Blackston, a former Patterson Clippers star, has committed to play basketball at Prairie View A&M.

Brandon Horvath will play for the UMBC Retrievers. The Southern High graduate spent a post-grad year at The Kent School in Connecticut.

Terry Nolan Jr. will play basketball for Maurice Joseph and the George Washington Colonials. The Mount Carmel guard had previously signed with Chattanooga.

West Virginia's Daxter Miles Jr. (Dunbar) and Wisconsin's Charlie Thomas IV (River Hill) are still playing in March.

Andre Rafus will play for Jamie Dixon and the TCU Horned Frogs. He's just the latest in a long line of Baltimore natives to commit to the former Pitt coach.

Isaiah Burnett has committed to play basketball at the Naval Academy. He is one of three seniors at Glenelg Country committed to a Division I program.

Jarvis Doles has committed to play basketball for the Drexel Dragons. The Hammond graduate is playing a post-grad season at Mt. Zion Prep.

Baltimore college basketball fans will have 88 local players to keep track of this season, including 20 who play for Division I schools in Maryland.

Anthony Longpre moved to Maryland from Quebec for high school. He'll stay in the U.S. for college, playing basketball for Saint Joseph's.

Terry Nolan Jr. picked Chattanooga over Siena, Boston U., Delaware, Hofstra, Loyola, Murray State, NJIT, Northeastern, Quinnipiac, Southern Utah and Towson.

Malik Winston, a former Dundalk Owls combo guard, will play basketball for the Morehead State Eagles.

Pensacola State College forward Kani Coles will play for Johnny Dawkins and fellow Baltimore native Kevin Norris at Central Florida.

After a post-grad year, Josh Ayeni (St. Frances) will suit up for St. Bonaventure, joining another former Baltimore Catholic League star in Jaylen Adams.

Friends School guard Jihar Williams committed to William & Mary over American, Coppin State, High Point, Loyola, Siena, UMBC and Vermont.

Meet Christian. He's a 26-year-old telecom consultant who wakes up at 3:30 every morning to work out.

John Grant and Juwan Grant starred for City. Now they'll play for the Savannah State Tigers.

Melo Eggleston chose Wake Forest over UConn, Florida State, Georgia and LSU.

Derrick Green, a former Lake Clifton star, will play for former Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper at Jacksonville State.

Kodye Pugh committed to Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins. When Dawkins was fired, Pugh stayed with the Cardinal and reaffirmed his commitment to Jerod Haase.

Every college coach recruiting Marcel Thompson told the former Poly star that their team needed him. When the Grambling State staff said it, the 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard truly believed it.

Randy Miller, a Mount Saint Joseph senior guard, committed to Delaware over an offer from Fairfield and interest from Siena and Robert Morris.

Jordan Jones didn't plan on keeping the Charleston Southern coaches waiting. Before his official visit last weekend to the Big South Conference school, the Poly senior told the staff that he'd "give it two days to wait or commit" following his trip.

Baltimore college basketball fans will have 88 local players to keep track of this season, including 20 who play for Division I schools in Maryland.

Had Ryan Gomes decided to bypass the upcoming fall signing period, he might very well have been one of those cross-your-fingers spring signees.

David Erebor, a Lagos, Nigeria native playing for Mount Carmel in Baltimore County, will play for the Brown Bears in the Ivy League.

Mantvydas Urmilevicius, a forward at John Carroll, has committed to play basketball for the Bryant Bulldogs.

Michael Tertsea of John Carroll committed to Rhode Island over George Washington and La Salle.

The list of Division I players Arty Jones has coached on his D.C.-based Threat 220 AAU team is a long one. The latest is Wright State commitment Everett Winchester (Gilman), who in some ways reminds his coach of one of the more notable recent program alums.

When it came time to make his college visits, Khalil Richard didn't get very far. The former St. Frances star, whose finalists were Boston University, Siena and Wright State, needed just one trip before making his decision.

Academics were a top priority for McDonogh's Bruce Moore, who picked Bucknell over Navy, American and Colgate.

At least 109 players from The Sun's coverage area — Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties — are listed on FBS rosters. This includes players who grew up in this area and went to high school elsewhere and players from other areas who came here to attend high school.

Rashard Todd's play at New Mexico Military Institute earned him a scholarship from Delaware State.

Elijah Long was headed to Florida Gulf Coast, but after re-opening his recruitment in April will head to Mount St. Mary's instead.

It's been more than two months since Eric Cobb committed to South Carolina, but the former St. Frances big man finally got word late last week that he'd be able to enroll at the university and play for the Gamecocks this season.

Tyler Foster, a 2017 guard from Gilman, will play basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas.

For Jared Hamilton, one year in Baltimore was essential in his development into a Division I college basketball player.

It's been two years since Anton Waters left Baltimore for Gulf Coast State College in Florida. But for the former Forest Park star, committing to Western Kentucky last week felt like a much longer time coming.

Many Division III schools were sold on Isaiah White. A couple Division II programs were intrigued by the Centennial guard, too.

Baltimore native Shakir Brown picked James Madison over Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Morehead State and Wagner.

Durand Johnson was suspended by Pittsburgh. He'll use his last year of eligibility at St. John's.

Baltimore native Jaquan Smith will played basketball at Stephen F. Austin after also considering Abilene Christian, Coppin State, East Tennessee State, Louisiana Tech and Rider.

A year ago, Chas Brown installed cable for Comcast and had given up on basketball. Now he's headed to Albany.

C.J. Keyser of Sunrise Christian Academy will play basketball for the Colorado State Rams.

A year ago Tariq Owens signed on as one of Donnie Tyndall's first recruits at Tennessee. On Wednesday, the former Pallotti and Mount Zion Prep star became Chris Mullin's first commitment at St. John's.

Baltimore point guard Kamau Stokes is headed to Kansas State after also considering Ole Miss and others. He had signed with Toledo last year.

Miles Wilson is headed to Mount St. Mary's. The Mount Saint Joseph guard also considered Towson and Richmond.

Nico Clareth of Calvert Hall committed to the Siena Saints over an offer from UMBC and interest from Marist, College of Charleston and Fairfield.

Isaiah Lamb, who was featured in a Sports Illustrated article about homeless athletes, earned a basketball scholarship to Marist.

Bryce Thurston of Montverde Academy picked Mount St. Mary's over Hartford, Loyola, Quinnipiac and Radford.