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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 12, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Tyran Stokes (born October 12, 2007) is an American basketball player who currently attends Prolific Prep. He is a consensus five-star recruit and the top ranked player in the 2026 class.
Stokes began playing basketball competitively as a first grader in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. [1] [2] At the age of nine, he moved to San Diego and then the Atlanta area before settling in Napa, California. [2] [3] As an eighth grader in 2022, Stokes played in the Nike Peach Jam under-16 category for Team WhyNot. [3]
Stokes enrolled at Prolific Prep ahead of his freshman season. [2]
Stokes was one of just two players from the 2026 class invited to the NBAPA Top 100 Camp that offseason, with the other being AJ Dybantsa. [4] He was noted by Russ Wood of Rivals.com as one of the standout performers on the final day of competition, concluding that he had "elite prospect written all over him." [5] A week later at the Nike Peach Jam, Stokes averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game on 51.3 percent shooting, helping Vegas Elite to a second-place finish in the under-17 category. [2]
Ahead of his sophomore season, Stokes improved his strength and added weight to his frame. [6] He was joined at Prolific Prep by fellow top recruit AJ Dybantsa. [7] [8]
In June 2023, Stokes became the number one recruit in the 2026 class when the top recruit, AJ Dybantsa, reclassified to the 2025 class. [9]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Tyran Stokes PF | Louisville, KY | Prolific Prep (CA) | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | N/A | — | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals:  247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 96 | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 1 247Sports: 1 ESPN: 1 | ||||||
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Stokes won a gold medal with the United States at the 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Mexico, averaging 10.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. [10]
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