Vernon Carey Jr. was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List, which is given to the best center in the country at the end of the season.
Carey Jr. is a freshman from Southwest Ranches, Florida that stands at 6-foot-10 and 270 pounds. He also will have the pressure of wearing No. 1 for the Blue Devils, one year after Zion Williamson tore up the country in that very number for Duke.
The Florida native was ranked as the No. 6 recruit in the country according to the ESPN 100 and the 247 Sports Composite Rankings.