When Kanaan Carlyle entered the transfer portal last spring, he was immediately touted as one of the best guards available in the country.
A 6-foot-3, 185-pound guard from Atlanta, Georgia, Carlyle was a consensus top 60 recruit out of Overtime Elite after playing his first three high school seasons at Milton High School.
Winning had been a big part of Carlyle’s background before he arrived at Stanford last summer. As a sophomore, he helped lead Milton to a state championship in 2021. In 2022, he was a gold medalist on the USA Basketball FIBA U18 Americas team in Mexico.