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By ADAM ZAGORIAJameel Brown, the 6-foot-4 combo guard from Westtown (PA) and Team Final, committed to Penn State on Monday.
Ranked the No. 17 combo guard by 247Sports.com, Brown in March decommitted from Purdue where he was recruited by current Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry. He also considered Notre Dame, Virginia and Minnesota, among others.
“Obviously, coachShrewsberry was at Purdue,” he said earlier this summer. “I have a good relationship with him and Coach [Adam] Fish[er]. I took an official there, and it’s kind of the same as Minnesota, just coming in and making an impact right away.”
2022 Jameel Brown |@JameelBrown1| of Westtown HS @Westtownhoops had one of the more impressive outings today at the Mid Atlantic Shootout.
Liked his ability to be a perimeter shotmaker off the bounce + the catch while being able to get to the rim with dribble penetration. pic.twitter.com/RRy5ARcoXo
— Endless Motor Sports (@endless_motor) June 20, 2021
Brown averaged 21.7 points last season at Haverford before transferring to Westtown. Last month he helped Team Final win the Nike Peach Jam over Brad Beal Elite in the championship game. He is the fourth Team Final player to commit or reclassify since, following Jalen Duren (Memphis), Corey Floyd Jr. (UConn) and Justice Williams (LSU).
Brown joins point guard Kanye Clarey and shooting guard Evan Mahaffey in Penn State’s 2022 class. They remain in the mix for Brown’s Team Final teammate Dereck Lively II, who is expected to visit sometime this fall. Brown is recruiting both Lively and Blair Academy guard Otega Oweh to Penn State.
“Meelzie can be an NBA point guard in the Chauncey Billups mode,” Westtown coach Seth Berger said. “Strong, smart, excellent shooter from deep, great decision maker, can defend all 3 guard positions, and improving at using his strength in the paint. Great choice by a great kid to play for the Nittany Lions and Coach Shrewsberry.”
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
