Kansas assistant Jerrance Howard met with JaQuan Lyle Thursday at Huntington (W.V.) Prep and by all accounts the visit went well.
The 6-foot-5 Lyle holds a Kansas offer and he could visit the campus sometime over the Christmas break.
Now that Kansas is out of the Tyus Jones Sweepstakes, they are re-focusing on Lyle, who is expected to sign in the spring. Kansas feels it needs a big-body combo guard to complete its recruiting class, giving them a potential top-five class to go along with Findlay Prep wing Kelly Oubre and Chicago Curie power forward Cliff Alexander.
Lyle and Alexander talked about a possible package deal, and it appears that could still happen with the Jayhawks.
Oregon, West Virginia and Florida State are also in the mix.
“He’s a bigger guard that is really good in iso and pick-and-roll situations,” said Huntington Prep coach Rob Fulford, whose team is ranked No. 3 nationally by USA Today. “He can score in a lot of different ways. He’s an elite playmaker and a good on-ball defender.
“He has been very good this year and we are expecting him to have a great senior year.”
