New Albany's Romeo Langford chooses Indiana University. Clark Wade/IndyStar
New Albany (Ind.) shooting guard Romeo Langford, the lone five-star prospect still remaining on the board in the class of 2018, ended his recruitment Monday night in front of thousands of fans at his high school and picked hometown Indiana over Kansas and Vanderbilt.
Langford, who is ranked No. 5 overall in the 2018 class, led the Bulldogs to a 25-2 record, averaging 35.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and three steals per game this season. He finished ranked No. 4 on Indiana’s all-time scoring list with 3,002 career points.
Expect Langford to emerge as the Hoosiers’ star from day one.
He has a unique ability to score efficiently on all three levels and playmaking ability that should complement Juwan Morgan, Indiana’s leading scorer from last season (16.5 points per game), exceptionally well.
Langford is the fifth member of the Hoosiers’ 2018 haul joining Westtown School (West Chester, Penn.) forward Jake Forrester, McCutcheon (Lafayette, Ind.) point guard Robert Phinisee, Riley (South Bend, Ind.) wing Damezi Anderson and Pickerington North (Pickerington, Ohio) forward Jerome Hunter.
New Albany coach Jim Shannon also announced that the school would retire Langford’s jersey.
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Jason Jordan writes for USA TODAY High School Sports, part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.