A Sea Of Red

Dillon Graham
6' 3" 175 lbs Shooting Guard
Orlando (FL) First Academy
AAU: E1T1 Elite


Rivals Profile

Florida Hoops Recruits wrote:Dillon Graham is ready for a breakout season
November 1, 2010

Ryan Pannone
FloridaHoopsRecruits.com Basketball Analyst

Dillon Graham, a 6’2 guard, from the Orlando First Academy, is receiving a lot of recruiting attention from college coaches during the beginning of his junior year. Dillon averaged 15.5 points, 3.2 assists, and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 50.4% from the three point line and 81% from the free as a sophomore. Graham helped lead First Academy to a 24-4 record, earning 3rd team All State, and 3rd team All Area by the Orlando Sentential.

Dillon earned valuable experience and exposure this spring and summer playing 16’s and 17’s for the prestigious Each 1 Teach 1 summer travel basketball program. The Austin River’s led Each 1 Teach 1 program captured the AAU Super Showcase championship live on ESPN in July.

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Orlando Sentinel wrote:Top juniors in Class of 2012

1 -- Isaac Cohen, Orlando Christian Prep, 6-4, Jr.

Buzz: Multi-talented lefty already has three varsity seasons on resume.

2 -- Matt Williams, Jones, 6-5, Jr.

Buzz: Has tools to score and bunches and be another great one out of Tigers program.

3 -- Dillon Graham, First Academy, 6-3, Jr.

Buzz: Has skills, smarts, shooting ability and a willingness to defend.

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Hearing Dillon is on campus right now

The coach who wrote the article coached Chris Perez and David Minaya!

former flames football player leroy kinard is the head football coach there and my former classmate jim wright is the girls baskettball coach there. hopefully they are both showing the LU love ot Dillon.

according to rivals Liberty is one of the favorites

MountaineerIllustrated.com wrote:I've definitely developed a strong relationship with Liberty, and a couple Ivy League schools like Princeton. Their (Princeton) coaches left for Fairfield, so I don't know about that situation right now.

Graham uses the plural "Princeton Coaches" went to Fairfield. Seems like we will get at least one assistant from Princeton (Tony Newsome, Brian Earl????)

Graham has a couple offers - North Florida, Jacksonville and Liberty University. Iowa, Wyoming, Xavier, Providence, Davidson, Appalachian State and Rhode Island are all involved, as well. There's quite a few others showing interest, too.

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I am hearing that he is one of (if not the primary) top targets in 2012.

ballah09 wrote:according to rivals Liberty is one of the favorites

"I've definitely developed a strong relationship with Liberty, and a couple Ivy League schools like Princeton.

Ivy League, huh? I hope he is checking into Liberty's Honors Program. If it was good enough for Rob Attaway and Sam Gado, it should be good enough for Dillon.


https://www.liberty.edu/academics/index.cfm?PID=173

Wish we could have closed a deal on a commitment before his stock took off this summer ...

Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal wrote:The 6-4 Graham plays at First Academy in Orlando and was under the radar until he helped the Florida Rams-Black win this month’s adidas Invitational in Indianapolis.

Graham has also added scholarship offers from Kansas, Kansas State, Miami, Maryland and Florida State. He previously had offers from North Florida and Liberty.

Graham said he talked to Pitino, who extended the offer and told him he liked the way Graham was “a team player.”

“I shoot the three well, or so I am told,” Graham said. “But I am pretty smart with the ball, and coaches say they like that. I’m not selfish. I’m not a guy that is going to shoot the ball 20 times a game or anything like that.”

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