By ADAM ZAGORIA
Mikey Williams, the five-star combo guard from San Ysidro (CA), and J.J. Taylor, the four-star small forward from San Ysidro, announced their commitments to Memphis on Saturday night.
Williams, ranked the No. 3 combo guard in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports.com, also had interest from Arkansas, Arizona State, and Kansas, among others.
An Internet phenomenon due to high-flying style of play, Williams has 3.7 million Instagram followers and nearly 80,000 Twitter followers.
Taylor, ranked the No. 23 small forward by 247, recently left Donda Academy (CA) for San Ysidro.
He held offers from a wide-range of schools including Illinois, Kentucky, Duke, Texas, Nebraska, LSU, Florida, Maryland, Michigan State, Tulane, Michigan, Arizona, Kansas, DePaul, Baylor, North Carolina and Western Illinois, among others. They join four-star guard Carl Cherenfant and three-star guard Ryan Forrest in coach Penny Hardaway’s recruiting class. Follow Jacob Polacheck on Twitter Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram And Like ZAGS on FacebookBREAKING: Memphis has landed 2023 5-star CG Mikey Williams and 4-star SF JJ Taylor, per their IG pages.
— Parth Upadhyaya (@pupadhyaya_) November 6, 2022
*Huge* additions to Penny Hardaway’s next recruiting class. pic.twitter.com/CEtLqTRaPB
