At 6-foot-8, 193 pounds, Jerami Grant is one of the top power forwards in the Class of 2012.
The DeMatha (Md.) Catholic big man is competing at the Kevin Durant Nike Skills Academy in Chicago, but he’s playing through a back injury.
On June 21, Grant was competing in The Rock Summer League in the Washington, D.C., area when an an opponent undercut him while he was trying to dunk off an alley oop. According to The Washington Post, Grant was taken from the gym on a stretcher.
“I went to the hospital,” Grant said Tuesday by phone. “I injured my back, so I came down here not 100 percent but I just tried to played through it.”
He added: “I’m still kind of injured. I’m about to go back home, try to get a little bit of that rest.”
As far as colleges, Grant listed Miami, Virginia Tech, N.C. State, Syracuse, Rutgers, Clemson and Maryland.
“There are a couple schools that’s showing me a lot [of love] more than the other ones, probably Virginia Tech, Syracuse and N.C. State,” he said.
Grant, the son of 11-year NBA veteran Harvey Grant, has taken unofficials to Virginia Tech and N.C. State.
“I’m going to try to cut my list down towards the end of the summer,” he said, “and take probably around four visits and then commit at the end of the summer going into the school year.”
(Photo courtesy Washington Post)
