NCAA Basketball Recruiting: 5-star guard Devin Askew on Louisville’s radar

Five-star guard in the NCAA Basketball 2021 class Drew Askew will take an official visit to Louisville on Sept. 27.

Louisville Live was a huge recruiting tool for coach Chris Mack last season, according to Jody Demling of Cardinal Authority, and he has already lined up a visitor for this year’s event in 2021 five-star guard Drew Askew. Askew, who saw his NCAA Basketball recruiting skyrocket in June, is considering reclassifying to 2020. He already has made an unofficial visit to U of L.

“I love Louisville,” Askew told Demling. “I feel like I am a priority for them no matter what class. I talk with them a whole lot. They are recruiting me hard and it’s a great fit for my game,” Askew said. “We started building a relationship after the EYBL last year and then when I went there for a visit they just knocked if off the shelf. They’ve kept in touch and it’s been amazing. Now, I talk to them just about every single day.”

Mack is currently at Nike’s premier AAU July event, the Peach Jam, where he watched Askew and his squad, Team Why Not. While Team Why Not fell to  Nightrydas Elite 72-71 on Thursday night (July 11), Askew put on a show as he nearly recorded a triple-double with  20 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, and four steals.

The 6-3 combo guard holds 18 scholarship offers with 10 of those coming in last month. Arkansas, Arizona State, Notre Dame, UCLA, Kansas, Ohio State, Nebraska, Villanova, and Vanderbilt are among the schools that have shown interest in Askew.

Askew is very competitive and won’t back down from anyone. He is a powerful driver who can shoot threes and is a terrific passer.

The consensus top-20 prospect is rated as the 16th best prospect in the class by 247Sports Composite and ESPN. 247Sports has him pegged at 17th overall while Rivals has Askew ranked 18th.

We will see what the future holds for the promising future, but he did say that he plans on deciding what class he will be part of prior to the start of the California high school season at the end of October.

But Askew isn’t the only prospect that Louisville is currently heavily involved in.