VCU adds 2013 shooting guard Douglas Brooks

According to sources including Dave Telep, coach Shaka Smart picked up a verbal commitment on Tuesday from 2013 shooting guard Douglas Brooks.

April 2, 2013; 6:07 PM • by Aaron Williams

According to sources including Dave Telep, coach Shaka Smart picked up a verbal commitment on Tuesday from 2013 shooting guard Douglas Brooks.

Brooks averaged 16 PPG, 3.5 APG, and 5 SPG while shooting better than 40% from 3-point range during his senior season at Lake Wales High School in Lake Wales, Florida. He’s a three star recruit on Rivals, Scout, and ESPN, and his score on ESPN is a 76 which ties JeQuan Lewis at the top of VCU’s 2013 class.

He has plenty in common with Briante Weber. Brooks is 6-foot-3, 165 pounds, has a high motor, and is averaging five steals per game–but words can’t quite capture his potential for wreaking HAVOC!:

Dave Telep put him at #10 on his list of players having “under-the-radar seasons.”

The Sunshine State

Brooks is Coach Smart’s second recruit from the state of Florida where Smart was an assistant at Florida under Billy Donovan from 2008-09.

Former VCU coach Anthony Grant found incredible success luring talent from the sunshine state to RVA. His 2007 recruiting class brought five players from the state including Joey Rodriguez, Ed Nixon, and Larry Sanders.

Scholarship Crunch

If Brooks signs a national letter of intent during the signing period from April 17th to May 15th, VCU will be over-signed by one scholarship next season. That means one player will be leaving the program or one of the recruits will head to prep school next season.

Brooks will be one of six new players in black & gold next season including recruits JeQuan Lewis, Jairus Lyles, and Antravious Simmons, and partial qualifiers Jordan Burgess and Mo Alie-Cox.