College coaches have been flocking to Montverde (FL) Academy to see 6-foot-11, 215-pound Serbian forward Filip Petrusev.
Arizona, Florida, Tennessee and Vanderbilt have all recently offered and UCLA head coach Steve Alford and was in to see him this week. So were assistants from Charlotte, N.C. State, Virginia, Gonzaga and Colorado.
Petrusev was encouraged to come to Montverde by fellow Serb Matija Radovic, who was a senior last year and is now at Hofstra. He now plays on the varsity team alongside R.J. Barrett, Andrew Nembhard and Makhi and Makhel Mitchell under coach Kevin Boyle Sr.
“He is just now being recruited,” Montverde postgrad coach Kevin Boyle Jr. said. “No one really knew much about him or recruited him until the last few weeks.”
He added: “Filip has surprised most college coaches with his height and mass. He’s more filled out than many European prospects that are known for their perimeter skill set and it allows him to compete on the block defensively as well as score inside against true bigs. He’s got great IQ and his best skill right now is his ability to knock down open or contested threes.”
Petrusev averaged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds on the Serbian team that won the European U18 championship in August.
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