Back to the Kansas Jayhawks Newsfeed

Texas prep forward Jalen Wilson chooses Michigan over KU basketball, others

Jalen Wilson, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior-to-be small forward from Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, on Wednesday committed to play basketball at Michigan.

He chose the Wolverines over Kansas, Baylor, Oklahoma State, UCLA and Marquette.

The decision was reported in a video in which Wilson, the No. 39-rated player in the recruiting class of 2019 by Rivals.com, played a lead acting role in a short film.

Wilson is a lifelong Michigan fan who told Rivals.com he was named after Wolverine Fab Five guard Jalen Rose. Wilson averaged 16.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game for Guyer (33-2) his junior season.