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Signing Day: Area basketball recruits

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Ciaran Brayboy goes up strong for two points against Niles North. Worsom Robinson/For the Sun-Times.

The complete list of area basketball recruits expected to sign with Division I schools in the early signing period.

Ciaran Brayboy, New Trier: Harvard

Trey Calvin, St. Viator: Wright State

Fred Cleveland, Leo: North Carolina A&T

Tyler Cochran, Bolingbrook: NIU

Keenan Cole, Streamwood: NIU

Perry Cowan, DePaul Prep: Brown

RayJ Dennis, Oswego East: Boise State

Nate Ferguson, Lemont: Drake

DaJuan Gordon, Curie: Kansas State

Jeremiah Hernandez, St. Viator: Kent State

Markese Jacobs, Uplift: DePaul

Lance Jones, Evanston: SIU

Marquise Kennedy, Brother Rice: Loyola

Taeyon Neal, Providence-St. Mel: UIC

Evan Taylor, Glenbard West: SIU

Alex Timmerman, Crystal Lake Central: Bucknell

Tom Welch, Naperville North: Loyola

Joseph Yesufu, Bolingbrook: Drake

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