Duke Hands Out Offers to Jermaine Samuels and Alex O’Connell

Duke has been busy handing out scholarship offers to two Class of 2017 standouts in the last 24 hours.

The Blue Devils offered 6-foot-6 wing Jermaine Samuels Jr. of the Weston (MA) Rivers School, according to ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein.

Samuels Jr. has just completed an official visit to Villanova and will soon visit Duke, according to Finkelstein.

Duke on Wednesday also offered 6-5 shooting guard Alex O’Connell of Alpharetta (GA) Milton, he Tweeted. O’Connell visited Duke in June.

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