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No. 0–Florida Gators | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Southeastern Conference | ||||||||||||||
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | July 10, 2006||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, New York) | ||||||||||||||
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Johnuel "Boogie" Fland (born July 10, 2006) is an American college basketball player for the Florida Gators. He previously played for the Arkansas Razorbacks. ESPN and Rivals rated him as a five-star recruit while 247Sports rated him as a 4-star recruit. All three had rated him as one of the top 25 players in the class of 2024.
A native of The Bronx, Fland attended local public schools throughout his early life. Fland’s father is Dominican-American while his mother is African-American. In middle school, he led M.S. 54 – Booker T. Washington to a city championship. [1] Fland would attend Archbishop Stepinac High School, leading the school to the Catholic High School Athletic Association Intersectional Final his sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. [2] [3] [4] Stepinac lost the 2022 final but won back-to-back in 2023 and 2024, with Fland announced the Finals MVP in both games. [5] After the 2024 season ended, the CHSAA and Public Schools Athletic League announced that their champions would play each other for a city championship for the first time ever; Stepinac won this inaugural championship over the Eagle Academy for Young Men II. [6] As a senior, Fland averaged 19.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.4 steals per game while leading the Crusaders to a 26–4 record.
As a sophomore, Fland was one of the first two New York City high school basketball players to receive NIL deals, along with his friend Ian Jackson. [7] Along with Accelerate Sports Ventures, he developed a clothing line while also promoting the NIL merchandise platform Spreadshop.
Fland was rated a five-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals and a four-star recruit by 247Sports. Into his senior year, he fielded more than 30 recruiting offers from NCAA Division 1 basketball programs. [8] In October 2023, he committed to playing college basketball for Kentucky over Alabama and Indiana after three visits from John Calipari in September and October. [9] On April 15, 2024, he decommitted after John Calipari departed Kentucky for a coaching position at Arkansas. [10] He ultimately opted to follow Calipari and committed to play at Arkansas on April 25, 2024.
Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Boogie Fland SG | The Bronx, NY | Archbishop Stepinac High School (NY) | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Apr 25, 2024 | |
Recruit ratings: Rivals: ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 10 247Sports: 22 ESPN: 16 | ||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2024–25 | Arkansas | 21 | 18 | 31.8 | .379 | .340 | .833 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.5 | .0 | 13.5 |
Fland played for the United States under-17 basketball team at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, averaging the second most assists on the team. [11]
Fland was given the nickname 'Boogie' as a child because he was always dancing. [7]